How rare is the name Sheri?

52,459 people in the United States have the first name Sheri, about 1 in 5,757. It ranks #866 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SHERI

#866

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
52,459
About
1 in 5,757
This common or more
67.9%
Who bears it

Of the 52,459 people named Sheri, 88.2% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as Black and 2.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sheri peaked in 1963, when 3,107 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19282025
Peak year
1963
Births that year
3,107
In 2025*
6 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 60,578 babies have been given the name since 1928. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sheri by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #265. The largest share of babies named Sheri, 47.6%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1920s#11,45212
1930s#4,211121
1940s#9602,035
1950s#46310,985
1960s#26527,387
1970s#36014,439
1980s#8824,445
1990s#3,062816
2000s#10,094200
2010s#16,84999
2020s#20,54039
Silent Generation 1928–451.4%
Baby boom 1946–6443%
Generation X 1965–8047.6%
Millennials 1981–967.4%
Generation Z 1997–120.5%
2013 and later0.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sheri is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sheri has been most common in Utah (1.9×), Montana (1.9×), and Hawaii (1.8×), and least common in Vermont (0.33×).

58,166 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Sheri

#864 Roxanne · 52,496#865 Jordyn · 52,485#867 Elisa · 52,348#868 Mallory · 52,306

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sheri, most common first.

#722 Sherri · 70,746#1,131 Shari · 35,862#4,209 Sherie · 4,529#9,493 Shera · 1,460#9,984 Sher · 1,356#11,736 Shery · 1,080#18,431 Sheria · 585#23,114 Shiri · 426

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