Sherrie
Sherrie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 215th, in 1962.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19621,534 births
- Best rank
- #215in 1962
- Since 1921
- 35,144people given the name
The story in the numbers
35,144 girls have been named Sherrie in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 1,534 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 1,534 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1960s alone account for 36%. It has spent 52 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sherrie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 62 | |
| 1930s | 404 | |
| 1940s | 3,389 | |
| 1950s | 10,383 | |
| 1960s | 12,530 | |
| 1970s | 5,578 | |
| 1980s | 2,052 | |
| 1990s | 489 | |
| 2000s | 151 | |
| 2010s | 79 | |
| 2020s | 27 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Sherrie was the 215th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1962 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Sherrie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jerripeak 1957
- Beckypeak 1959
- Gerripeak 1958
- Cherripeak 1961
- Merripeak 1963
- Donettepeak 1962
- Dannpeak 1962
- Penneypeak 1962
Other spellings in the data
- Sherry229,913 ever
- Sherri83,653 ever
- Sheri60,457 ever
- Sheree13,554 ever
- Sherie5,010 ever
- Sherree1,555 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.