Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sherell

#5,436 most common girls' name of all time · #9,212 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1940–2010

Rank among girls
#5,436
Rank overall
#9,212 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
1,480
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1987 #1,625
Best rank
#1,609 1986
Girls Boys peak 76/yr
1940196019802000

Sherell first appears in 1940. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2010 6 — 6 #15,202
2007 6 — 6 #15,739
2005 6 — 6 #14,738
2004 5 — 5 #16,394
2003 11 — 11 #9,131
2002 7 — 7 #12,380
2001 7 — 7 #12,272
2000 11 — 11 #8,649
1999 16 — 16 #6,248
1998 6 — 6 #12,667
1997 16 — 16 #5,939
1996 8 — 8 #9,750
1995 15 — 15 #6,030
1994 16 — 16 #5,790
1993 30 — 30 #3,611
1992 33 — 33 #3,371
1991 57 — 57 #2,279
1990 39 — 39 #2,927
1989 44 — 44 #2,588
1988 51 — 51 #2,226
1987 76 — 76 #1,625
1986 74 — 74 #1,609
1985 56 — 56 #1,959
1984 45 — 45 #2,204
1983 44 — 44 #2,214
1982 44 — 44 #2,263
1981 35 — 35 #2,635
1980 32 — 32 #2,820
1979 44 — 44 #2,238
1978 51 — 51 #1,923
1977 41 — 41 #2,232
1976 35 — 35 #2,355
1975 33 — 33 #2,425
1974 31 — 31 #2,464
1973 31 — 31 #2,429
1972 29 — 29 #2,487
1971 25 — 25 #2,843
1970 37 — 37 #2,184
1969 28 — 28 #2,491
1968 21 — 21 #2,840
1967 26 — 26 #2,408
1966 23 — 23 #2,561
1965 14 — 14 #3,483
1964 14 — 14 #3,631
1963 24 — 24 #2,528
1962 12 — 12 #3,919
1961 27 — 27 #2,335
1960 13 — 13 #3,621
1959 9 — 9 #4,505
1958 10 — 10 #4,108
1957 13 — 13 #3,427
1956 14 — 14 #3,300
1955 12 — 12 #3,526
1954 12 — 12 #3,451
1953 8 — 8 #4,492
1952 6 — 6 #5,363
1951 7 — 7 #4,705
1950 6 — 6 #5,149
1949 7 — 7 #4,572
1948 5 — 5 #5,804
1947 6 — 6 #5,164
1945 5 — 5 #5,125
1940 — 5 5 —