Girls' name · since 1938
Sheryle
Since 1938, U.S. Social Security records show 1,214 babies named Sheryle, peaking in 1958. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #6,566 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,214
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sheryle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,214 recorded since 1938.
Sheryle has 1,214 recorded births among girls since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1990.
- #6,566 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,214 born since 1938
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheryle ranks #6,566 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,214 born since 1938, peaking in the 1950s.
- #6,566 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,214
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sheryle's 1,214 recorded births place it above 90.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Sheryle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sheryle splits its recorded history at 1960: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 64 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sheryle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1990
- Peak year (1958)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Sheryle by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (514 births, 42% of the file).
1950s was Sheryle's strongest decade.
514 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Sheryle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s
1940s
314 births
- 1950s
1950s
514 births
- 1960s
1960s
274 births
- 1970s 88
1970s
88 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 514 births (42% of all-time use).
How Sheryle compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sheryle's total volume
Sheryle by state
Where Sheryle concentrates geographically, total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 85 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 22 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 13 | 1.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 12 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.4% |
85 of 1,214 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Sheryle appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sheryle's data
- Sheryle's decade-level peak was the 1950s (514 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sheryles (85 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sheryle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1938–1990 (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 Sheryle 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.