Shery — girls' name
391 babies named Shery in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Shery was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Shery in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shery
The Social Security Administration has registered 391 babies named Shery between 1945 and 1991, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shery currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shery performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shery shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shery in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 391 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shery at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shery popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1945
- Peak year (1958)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
391 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 21 births in a single year.
Shery by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 138 births that decade — 35% of Shery's all-time total
Shery decade highlights
- Peak decade 138 births
- Runner-up 131 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Shery's strongest decade
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1945–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.