Girls' name · peaked in 1957
Sheryl name popularity since 1925
79,007 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sheryl. Half of them were born in 1959 or earlier, so the typical Sheryl is about 67 years old in 2026. Sheryl peaked in 1957 as the #112 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 79,007
- Named Sheryl, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #8,281 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 78,807 girls · 200 boys
- Most popular in
- Iowa
- 2.93× its national share
Peak year is the year Sheryl 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.
Sheryl births per year, 1925–2025
1957 was the biggest year for Sheryl both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1941 and 1946, Sheryl became 6.4× more common, from 1 in 6,200 baby girls to 1 in 963.
- Steepest fall: Between 1972 and 1977, its share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 1,600 to 1 in 3,970.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Sheryl's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sheryl.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sheryl 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 | 42 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 527 | 10 | #1,301 |
| 1940s | 10,713 | 62 | #194 |
| 1950s | 30,384 | 61 | #125 |
| 1960s | 26,058 | 55 | #147 |
| 1970s | 7,356 | 12 | #362 |
| 1980s | 2,273 | 0 | #825 |
| 1990s | 749 | 0 | #2,024 |
| 2000s | 361 | 0 | #5,094 |
| 2010s | 243 | 0 | #7,226 |
| 2020–25 | 101 | 0 | #8,281 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
67.6% of babies named Sheryl from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Sheryl is most popular
The index compares Sheryl'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 Sheryl.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 2.93× | 2,878 |
| Kansas | 2.41× | 1,896 |
| Nebraska | 2.03× | 1,096 |
| South Dakota | 1.98× | 487 |
| Michigan | 1.79× | 5,276 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sheryl 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sheryl (this page) | 78,807 | 1957 |
| Sherryl | 4,104 | 1946 |
| Sheryll | 1,558 | 1955 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sheryl's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sheryl.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sheryl (1957).
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