first name
SHERRYL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,694 people named Sherryl, 76.1% reported their origin as White, 13.6% as Black and 5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sherryl peaked in 1946, when 209 babies got the name.
At least 4,109 babies have been given the name since 1936. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Sherryl by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,306. The largest share of babies named Sherryl, 71.8%, 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 Sherryl is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sherryl has been most common in Kansas (3.9×), Iowa (2.5×), and Michigan (2.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.45×).
2,222 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 Sherryl
2 other first names also have 3,694 people.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sherryl, most common first.
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