Girls' name · peaked in 1967
Sheri name popularity since 1925
60,578 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sheri. Half of them were born in 1966 or earlier, so the typical Sheri is about 60 years old in 2026. Sheri peaked in 1967 as the #115 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 60,578
- Named Sheri, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #14,685 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 60,464 girls · 114 boys
- Most popular in
- Montana
- 1.95× its national share
Peak year is the year Sheri made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Sheri births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1963. Measured as a share of all babies, Sheri peaked in 1967.
- Fastest rise: Between 1951 and 1956, Sheri became 3.2× more common, from 1 in 3,730 baby girls to 1 in 1,170.
- Steepest fall: Between 1984 and 1989, its share of baby girls fell by 67%, from 1 in 3,260 to 1 in 9,860.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Sheri's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sheri.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sheri in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 12 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 121 | 0 | #2,290 |
| 1940s | 2,035 | 0 | #568 |
| 1950s | 10,973 | 12 | #242 |
| 1960s | 27,327 | 60 | #141 |
| 1970s | 14,397 | 42 | #214 |
| 1980s | 4,445 | 0 | #457 |
| 1990s | 816 | 0 | #2,279 |
| 2000s | 200 | 0 | #7,447 |
| 2010s | 99 | 0 | #11,704 |
| 2020–25 | 39 | 0 | #14,685 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
47.6% of babies named Sheri from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Sheri is most popular
The index compares Sheri's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Sheri.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 1.95× | 335 |
| Nebraska | 1.87× | 773 |
| Utah | 1.85× | 929 |
| North Dakota | 1.82× | 337 |
| Hawaii | 1.81× | 333 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sheri and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Sheri (this page) | 60,464 | 1967 |
| Sherry | 229,650 | 1963 |
| Sherri | 83,661 | 1963 |
| Sherrie | 35,130 | 1962 |
| Sheree | 13,554 | 1956 |
| Sherie | 5,010 | 1967 |
| Sherree | 1,555 | 1957 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sheri's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sheri.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sheri (1967).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data