Sherry Girl
How popular is Sherry?
#5,409 girl name in 2025
23 baby girls were named Sherry in the US in 2025, making it the 5409th most popular girl name.
Sherry popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,409 for girls (▲ 1519 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 23 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-71% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,351 in 2015, #3,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1962 (9,223 girls) |
| Highest rank | #48 in 1962 |
| First recorded | 1909 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sherry counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sherry family of names ranked #2,466 for girls in 2025 (#2,900 the year before), with 46 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sherry is most popular
Babies named Sherry per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 girls)
Sherry by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 88 | #1,566 |
| 1920s | 555 | #810 |
| 1930s | 3,696 | #226 |
| 1940s | 32,759 | #61 |
| 1950s | 68,322 | #54 |
| 1960s | 77,527 | #48 |
| 1970s | 34,204 | #60 |
| 1980s | 8,583 | #192 |
| 1990s | 2,400 | #580 |
| 2000s | 1,012 | #1,454 |
| 2010s | 618 | #2,351 |
| 2020s | 168 | #3,546 |
Girl names about as popular as Sherry
Questions
- Is Sherry a boy or girl name?
- Sherry is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sherry were girls.
- How popular is the name Sherry?
- 23 baby girls were named Sherry in the US in 2025, making it the 5409th most popular girl name.
- When was Sherry most popular?
- Sherry peaked in 1962, when 9,223 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #48 in 1962.
- How many people are named Sherry?
- 230,913 babies have been named Sherry in the US since 1880. We estimate about 192,408 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Sherry most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sherry was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.