How rare is the name Sheridan?

6,871 people in the United States have the first name Sheridan, about 1 in 43,957. It ranks #3,170 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SHERIDAN

#3,170

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,871
About
1 in 43,957
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,871 people named Sheridan, 73.5% reported their origin as White, 13% as Black and 5.1% as two or more races. 76.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sheridan peaked in 2001, when 328 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18912025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
328
In 2025*
32 ▼90%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 8,372 babies have been given the name since 1891. 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.

Sheridan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,525. The largest share of babies named Sheridan, 33.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1890s#2,35640
1900s#3,50922
1910s#2,971170
1920s#2,645305
1930s#2,290339
1940s#1,525854
1950s#2,438484
1960s#2,732459
1970s#2,786551
1980s#2,974613
1990s#1,6772,052
2000s#2,1231,900
2010s#6,326424
2020s#8,581159
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–275.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.5%
Baby boom 1946–6412.8%
Generation X 1965–8010.3%
Millennials 1981–9622.4%
Generation Z 1997–1233.4%
2013 and later4.8%

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 Sheridan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sheridan has been most common in Oklahoma (3.4×), Arizona (3×), and Texas (2.5×), and least common in New Jersey (0.44×).

2,849 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.

Exactly as common as Sheridan

1 other first name also has 6,871 people.

#3,170 Palmer · 6,871

Either side of Sheridan

#3,169 Collins · 6,872#3,170 Palmer · 6,871#3,172 Jayde · 6,864#3,173 Kalyn · 6,863

Spelled almost the same

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

#45,015 Sheriden · 152#48,513 Sheridyn · 131#48,840 Sheridon · 129#52,287 Sherridan · 108

Also a last name

As a last name, Sheridan ranks #1,627 of 156,621, with 21,412 people. See Sheridan as a last name

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