Sheryle — girls' name
1,214 babies named Sheryle in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Sheryle was born in this single decade.
64 babies were named Sheryle in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheryle
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,214 babies named Sheryle between 1938 and 1990, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheryle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 64 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheryle performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 514 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sheryle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheryle in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheryle 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 1,214 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.
Sheryle at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheryle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1938
- Peak year (1958)
- 64
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
1,214 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 64 births in a single year.
Sheryle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 514 births that decade — 42% of Sheryle's all-time total
Sheryle decade highlights
- Peak decade 514 births
- Runner-up 314 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Sheryle's strongest decade
514 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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.
Top 5 states
- California 7.0% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.1% of nationwide
- New York 1.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sheryle appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1938–1990 (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.