Girls' name · peaked in 1963
Sherry name popularity since 1925
230,605 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sherry. Half of them were born in 1961 or earlier, so the typical Sherry is about 65 years old in 2026. Sherry peaked in 1963 as the #49 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 230,605
- Named Sherry, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,532 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 229,650 girls · 955 boys
- Most popular in
- Tennessee
- 1.91× its national share
Peak year is the year Sherry 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.
Sherry births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1962. Measured as a share of all babies, Sherry peaked in 1963.
- Fastest rise: Between 1932 and 1937, Sherry became 5.2× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1975 and 1980, its share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 479 to 1 in 1,180.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Sherry's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sherry.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sherry 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 | 361 | 25 | – |
| 1930s | 3,696 | 96 | #288 |
| 1940s | 32,759 | 188 | #104 |
| 1950s | 68,322 | 178 | #56 |
| 1960s | 77,527 | 251 | #56 |
| 1970s | 34,204 | 154 | #95 |
| 1980s | 8,583 | 58 | #299 |
| 1990s | 2,400 | 5 | #933 |
| 2000s | 1,012 | 0 | #2,104 |
| 2010s | 618 | 0 | #2,379 |
| 2020–25 | 168 | 0 | #5,532 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
57.8% of babies named Sherry from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Sherry is most popular
The index compares Sherry'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 Sherry.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 1.91× | 9,254 |
| West Virginia | 1.91× | 3,855 |
| Kentucky | 1.88× | 7,239 |
| Arkansas | 1.81× | 4,266 |
| Oklahoma | 1.74× | 5,195 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sherry 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sherry (this page) | 229,650 | 1963 |
| Sherri | 83,661 | 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 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sherry's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sherry.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sherry (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