Sheryl — #5301 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sheryl

The Social Security Administration has registered 78,812 babies named Sheryl between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheryl currently holds the #5301 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 4,132 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheryl performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 30,383 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Sheryl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,848 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheryl in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sheryl 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 78,812 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.