Sherald**
#20,991 most common girls' name of all time · #34,254 across all names · 27% male / 73% female · used 1934–1965 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#20,991
Rank overall
#34,254 of 105,966
First appeared
1934
Years on the list
22 of 146
All-time
150
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1948 #5,754
Best rank
#3,878 1953
Girls
Boys
peak 11/yr
Sherald first appears in 1934. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,900 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,570 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,631 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,893 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,156 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,747 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,680 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,962 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,178 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,878 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,758 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,892 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,801 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1948 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #5,754 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,789 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | — |