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.

Sherry

#182 most common girls' name of all time · #350 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1909–2025

Rank among girls
#182
Rank overall
#350 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
230,913
Since 2016
377
Peak year
1962 #48
Best rank
#48 1962
Girls Boys peak 9,261/yr
192019401960198020002020

Sherry first appears in 1909. 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 23 — 23 #5,424
2024 16 — 16 #6,953
2023 21 — 21 #5,774
2022 38 — 38 #3,908
2021 28 — 28 #4,733
2020 42 — 42 #3,560
2019 44 — 44 #3,506
2018 46 — 46 #3,402
2017 66 — 66 #2,641
2016 53 — 53 #3,109
2015 78 — 78 #2,358
2014 63 — 63 #2,746
2013 63 — 63 #2,735
2012 72 — 72 #2,523
2011 69 — 69 #2,594
2010 64 — 64 #2,756
2009 77 — 77 #2,468
2008 77 — 77 #2,464
2007 95 — 95 #2,124
2006 91 — 91 #2,132
2005 89 — 89 #2,089
2004 104 — 104 #1,820
2003 113 — 113 #1,690
2002 126 — 126 #1,504
2001 114 — 114 #1,613
2000 126 — 126 #1,463
1999 114 — 114 #1,502
1998 142 — 142 #1,275
1997 166 — 166 #1,131
1996 161 — 161 #1,126
1995 203 — 203 #929
1994 244 — 244 #827
1993 313 — 313 #690
1992 305 — 305 #707
1991 353 5 358 #634
1990 399 — 399 #581
1989 449 5 454 #519
1988 548 — 548 #423
1987 567 7 574 #401
1986 672 6 678 #354
1985 822 8 830 #299
1984 879 6 885 #273
1983 929 9 938 #256
1982 1,047 5 1,052 #242
1981 1,266 5 1,271 #208
1980 1,404 7 1,411 #192
1979 1,591 11 1,602 #175
1978 1,825 13 1,838 #151
1977 2,071 8 2,079 #140
1976 2,359 6 2,365 #111
1975 3,044 13 3,057 #95
1974 3,436 12 3,448 #89
1973 3,952 19 3,971 #76
1972 4,447 21 4,468 #70
1971 5,562 25 5,587 #60
1970 5,917 26 5,943 #60
1969 6,139 17 6,156 #55
1968 6,435 24 6,459 #52
1967 7,130 22 7,152 #51
1966 6,983 26 7,009 #53
1965 7,381 23 7,404 #56
1964 8,496 26 8,522 #50
1963 9,065 26 9,091 #49
1962 9,223 38 9,261 #48
1961 8,361 23 8,384 #53
1960 8,314 26 8,340 #54
1959 7,341 16 7,357 #58
1958 6,802 15 6,817 #67
1957 7,804 24 7,828 #55
1956 7,898 16 7,914 #54
1955 7,769 20 7,789 #56
1954 7,120 9 7,129 #62
1953 5,935 18 5,953 #70
1952 5,956 19 5,975 #68
1951 5,889 22 5,911 #70
1950 5,808 19 5,827 #62
1949 5,295 21 5,316 #68
1948 5,717 28 5,745 #61
1947 5,579 23 5,602 #67
1946 4,518 19 4,537 #73
1945 2,676 16 2,692 #104
1944 2,733 21 2,754 #100
1943 2,314 16 2,330 #123
1942 1,818 17 1,835 #145
1941 1,252 12 1,264 #172
1940 857 15 872 #207
1939 739 12 751 #226
1938 674 8 682 #246
1937 648 11 659 #244
1936 568 17 585 #257
1935 436 13 449 #288
1934 191 8 199 #467
1933 126 6 132 #572
1932 125 8 133 #591
1931 98 — 98 #677
1930 91 13 104 #737
1929 74 5 79 #825
1928 75 6 81 #839
1927 81 — 81 #814
1926 64 9 73 #939
1925 67 5 72 #912
1924 47 9 56 #1,149
1923 46 7 53 #1,141
1922 40 — 40 #1,248
1921 37 — 37 #1,295
1920 24 5 29 #1,744
1919 14 — 14 #2,483
1918 26 — 26 #1,597
1917 13 — 13 #2,522
1916 12 — 12 #2,619
1915 7 — 7 #3,626
1914 10 — 10 #2,396
1913 6 — 6 #3,071
1909 5 — 5 #2,536