first name
SHERRILL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,311 people named Sherrill, 85.9% reported their origin as White, 10% as Black and 2% as two or more races. 86.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sherrill peaked in 1947, when 334 babies got the name.
At least 8,847 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Sherrill by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #809. The largest share of babies named Sherrill, 50.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sherrill is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sherrill has been most common in North Carolina (3.9×), Indiana (2.1×), and Iowa (1.7×), and least common in Florida (0.51×).
4,891 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 Sherrill
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sherrill, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sherrill ranks #2,764 of 156,621, with 12,696 people. See Sherrill as a last name
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