Girls' name · since 1940
Sherryn
Since 1940, U.S. Social Security records show 68 babies named Sherryn, peaking in 1945. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,523 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1940
- 1940s
- peak decade
Sherryn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 68 recorded since 1940.
Sherryn has 68 recorded births among girls since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 1954.
- #31,523 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 68 born since 1940
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sherryn ranks #31,523 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 68 born since 1940, peaking in the 1940s.
- #31,523 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1940
- 1940s
- peak decade
Sherryn's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sherryn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sherryn's SSA record in two at 1947 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1940, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1945 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sherryn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1954
- Peak year (1945)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Sherryn by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (50 births, 74% of the file).
1940s was Sherryn's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Sherryn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
50 births
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 50 births (74% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sherryn's data
- Sherryn's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 1950s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sherryn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1945)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1940–1954 (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 Sherryn 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.