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.

Sheridan**

#1,820 most common girls' name of all time · #3,121 across all names · 33% boys / 67% girls · used 1891–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#1,820
Rank overall
#3,121 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
8,372
Since 2016
280
Peak year
2001 #779
Best rank
#779 2001
Girls Boys peak 328/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Sheridan first appears in 1891. 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 24 8 32 #5,247
2024 20 — 20 #5,982
2023 25 6 31 #5,132
2022 19 15 34 #6,245
2021 14 6 20 #7,646
2020 17 5 22 #6,649
2019 22 — 22 #5,632
2018 20 9 29 #6,028
2017 22 5 27 #5,673
2016 36 7 43 #4,090
2015 34 — 34 #4,234
2014 38 6 44 #3,931
2013 38 8 46 #3,924
2012 51 — 51 #3,217
2011 50 9 59 #3,268
2010 63 6 69 #2,783
2009 84 — 84 #2,318
2008 79 7 86 #2,426
2007 119 11 130 #1,795
2006 129 7 136 #1,644
2005 153 14 167 #1,400
2004 192 20 212 #1,173
2003 207 21 228 #1,071
2002 225 17 242 #981
2001 305 23 328 #779
2000 264 23 287 #842
1999 199 36 235 #1,024
1998 188 37 225 #1,046
1997 218 41 259 #916
1996 202 41 243 #951
1995 171 50 221 #1,051
1994 172 35 207 #1,056
1993 150 43 193 #1,171
1992 133 46 179 #1,285
1991 105 46 151 #1,494
1990 87 52 139 #1,688
1989 72 35 107 #1,836
1988 36 31 67 #2,877
1987 42 25 67 #2,446
1986 41 21 62 #2,426
1985 37 24 61 #2,612
1984 29 17 46 #3,002
1983 20 29 49 #3,825
1982 30 16 46 #2,968
1981 17 24 41 #4,369
1980 35 32 67 #2,658
1979 29 32 61 #2,943
1978 21 21 42 #3,527
1977 24 20 44 #3,195
1976 17 26 43 #3,839
1975 26 28 54 #2,820
1974 24 29 53 #2,932
1973 23 37 60 #2,936
1972 29 29 58 #2,461
1971 42 42 84 #2,010
1970 23 29 52 #2,956
1969 40 28 68 #1,987
1968 29 24 53 #2,257
1967 28 14 42 #2,284
1966 21 16 37 #2,685
1965 30 17 47 #2,166
1964 17 16 33 #3,135
1963 27 20 47 #2,318
1962 24 18 42 #2,490
1961 31 19 50 #2,126
1960 20 20 40 #2,754
1959 24 22 46 #2,356
1958 27 17 44 #2,184
1957 27 13 40 #2,134
1956 21 13 34 #2,467
1955 23 12 35 #2,294
1954 28 32 60 #1,997
1953 27 19 46 #1,988
1952 26 16 42 #1,993
1951 46 18 64 #1,388
1950 48 25 73 #1,328
1949 47 39 86 #1,342
1948 48 34 82 #1,335
1947 71 30 101 #1,057
1946 62 46 108 #1,082
1945 32 26 58 #1,434
1944 52 32 84 #1,087
1943 58 40 98 #1,054
1942 44 44 88 #1,199
1941 31 52 83 #1,403
1940 24 42 66 #1,619
1939 22 28 50 #1,657
1938 17 44 61 #1,974
1937 13 27 40 #2,366
1936 16 33 49 #1,981
1935 5 29 34 #4,325
1934 — 27 27 —
1933 — 19 19 —
1932 — 12 12 —
1931 — 21 21 —
1930 — 26 26 —
1929 — 25 25 —
1928 6 36 42 #4,294
1927 — 28 28 —
1926 — 36 36 —
1925 — 30 30 —
1924 — 29 29 —
1923 — 35 35 —
1922 — 26 26 —
1921 — 33 33 —
1920 — 21 21 —
1919 — 24 24 —
1918 — 24 24 —
1917 — 21 21 —
1916 — 19 19 —
1915 — 20 20 —
1914 — 22 22 —
1913 — 13 13 —
1912 — 14 14 —
1911 — 8 8 —
1910 — 5 5 —
1908 — 5 5 —
1906 — 5 5 —
1903 — 6 6 —
1902 — 6 6 —
1898 — 7 7 —
1896 — 6 6 —
1895 — 8 8 —
1893 — 5 5 —
1891 — 14 14 —