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.

Sheri

#530 most common girls' name of all time · #981 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1928–2025

Rank among girls
#530
Rank overall
#981 of 105,966
First appeared
1928
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
60,578
Since 2016
73
Peak year
1963 #136
Best rank
#115 1967
Girls Boys peak 3,107/yr
19401960198020002020

Sheri first appears in 1928. 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
2025 6 — 6 #13,403
2023 11 — 11 #9,094
2022 7 — 7 #12,393
2021 9 — 9 #10,402
2020 6 — 6 #13,639
2019 8 — 8 #11,503
2018 11 — 11 #9,248
2017 8 — 8 #11,747
2016 7 — 7 #13,028
2015 9 — 9 #10,996
2014 9 — 9 #11,076
2013 12 — 12 #9,107
2012 17 — 17 #7,193
2011 7 — 7 #13,510
2010 11 — 11 #9,898
2009 9 — 9 #11,591
2008 20 — 20 #6,603
2007 8 — 8 #12,813
2006 18 — 18 #6,890
2005 16 — 16 #7,198
2004 23 — 23 #5,415
2003 21 — 21 #5,630
2002 24 — 24 #4,941
2001 33 — 33 #3,887
2000 28 — 28 #4,316
1999 27 — 27 #4,223
1998 29 — 29 #3,932
1997 38 — 38 #3,118
1996 45 — 45 #2,726
1995 59 — 59 #2,254
1994 81 — 81 #1,792
1993 101 — 101 #1,541
1992 113 — 113 #1,431
1991 143 — 143 #1,209
1990 180 — 180 #1,010
1989 187 — 187 #948
1988 257 — 257 #729
1987 308 — 308 #624
1986 385 — 385 #530
1985 470 — 470 #457
1984 517 — 517 #412
1983 480 — 480 #439
1982 515 — 515 #425
1981 618 — 618 #376
1980 708 — 708 #341
1979 755 — 755 #318
1978 852 — 852 #271
1977 983 — 983 #253
1976 1,094 — 1,094 #221
1975 1,151 8 1,159 #214
1974 1,428 — 1,428 #184
1973 1,667 5 1,672 #165
1972 1,923 9 1,932 #147
1971 2,144 8 2,152 #152
1970 2,400 12 2,412 #140
1969 2,601 9 2,610 #132
1968 2,718 13 2,731 #119
1967 2,959 6 2,965 #115
1966 2,720 5 2,725 #134
1965 2,629 8 2,637 #141
1964 2,920 — 2,920 #138
1963 3,094 13 3,107 #136
1962 2,988 — 2,988 #145
1961 2,488 — 2,488 #168
1960 2,210 6 2,216 #179
1959 1,846 7 1,853 #192
1958 1,600 — 1,600 #203
1957 1,588 — 1,588 #210
1956 1,716 5 1,721 #195
1955 1,144 — 1,144 #242
1954 935 — 935 #277
1953 713 — 713 #309
1952 535 — 535 #357
1951 483 — 483 #368
1950 413 — 413 #396
1949 341 — 341 #429
1948 364 — 364 #415
1947 348 — 348 #439
1946 294 — 294 #455
1945 168 — 168 #569
1944 157 — 157 #588
1943 154 — 154 #612
1942 105 — 105 #738
1941 68 — 68 #893
1940 36 — 36 #1,240
1939 43 — 43 #1,101
1938 23 — 23 #1,649
1937 18 — 18 #1,910
1936 23 — 23 #1,590
1935 14 — 14 #2,300
1929 5 — 5 #5,202
1928 7 — 7 #4,194