US Name Trends

Sherri

Either the wine, from Jerez in Spain, or an English respelling of French chérie, “darling.”

1963peak year
No. 78best rank (1963)
83,843babies since 1880
outside top 1000 in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Sherri per year — peak 5,460▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Sherri first shows up in the national records in 1924. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1962 to 1968. Its biggest year was 1963, when 5,460 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 78 nationally. All told, 83,843 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Sherry (230,913), Sheri (60,578), Sherrie (35,159), Sheree (13,554), Sherie (5,010), Sherree (1,555) (total births since 1880)

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1920s6No. 4434
1930s102No. 1401
1940s2,325No. 392
1950s16,104No. 147
1960s41,633No. 78
1970s17,084No. 122
1980s5,021No. 290
1990s928No. 919
2000s271No. 2974
2010s130No. 7100
2020s63No. 8024

Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.