Girls' name · since 1944
Sherrylee
Sherrylee has 19 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1946 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,647 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1944
- 1940s
- peak decade
19 girls have been named Sherrylee since 1944, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sherrylee has been recorded 19 times among girls since 1944, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1947.
- #46,647 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 1944
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sherrylee ranks #46,647 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1944, peaking in the 1940s.
- #46,647 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1944
- 1940s
- peak decade
Sherrylee's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sherrylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sherrylee's SSA record in two at 1946 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1944, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1946 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sherrylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1947
- Peak year (1946)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Sherrylee by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (19 births, 100% of the file).
1940s was Sherrylee's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Sherrylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 19 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sherrylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~3 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sherrylee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.