Girls' name · peaked in 1963
Sherri name popularity since 1925
83,837 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sherri. Half of them were born in 1965 or earlier, so the typical Sherri is about 61 years old in 2026. Sherri peaked in 1963 as the #78 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 83,837
- Named Sherri, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #8,796 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 83,661 girls · 176 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 2.14× its national share
Peak year is the year Sherri 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.
Sherri births per year, 1925–2025
1963 was the biggest year for Sherri both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1948 and 1953, Sherri became 3.5× more common, from 1 in 4,170 baby girls to 1 in 1,190.
- Steepest fall: Between 1986 and 1991, its share of baby girls fell by 68%, from 1 in 4,050 to 1 in 12,800.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Sherri's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sherri.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sherri 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 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 102 | 0 | #2,711 |
| 1940s | 2,325 | 0 | #505 |
| 1950s | 16,104 | 0 | #198 |
| 1960s | 41,633 | 102 | #91 |
| 1970s | 17,084 | 69 | #196 |
| 1980s | 5,021 | 5 | #442 |
| 1990s | 928 | 0 | #2,215 |
| 2000s | 271 | 0 | #5,972 |
| 2010s | 130 | 0 | #8,878 |
| 2020–25 | 63 | 0 | #8,796 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
48.3% of babies named Sherri from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Sherri is most popular
The index compares Sherri'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 Sherri.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 2.14× | 2,301 |
| West Virginia | 1.79× | 1,299 |
| Kansas | 1.74× | 1,465 |
| Indiana | 1.64× | 3,209 |
| Iowa | 1.47× | 1,540 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sherri 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sherri (this page) | 83,661 | 1963 |
| Sherry | 229,650 | 1963 |
| Sheri | 60,464 | 1967 |
| 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 Sherri's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sherri.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sherri (1963).
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