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Sherry

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~194,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#5,410 among girls
Births in 2025
23 230,913 since 1880
Typical age
63 years, median

Sherry popularity over time

Sherry rank by birth year, 1909–2025Sherry ranked #2,208 in 1909 and #5,410 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #48, in 1962.#100#1,000#5,410best #48 in 1962192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1909–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1962 is the peak year for Sherry, with 9,261 births. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1909. It has held a top-100 place in 31 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #5,410, with 23 births that year. The ten-year change is -71%. It climbed 1522 places against the previous year.

Babies named Sherry per yearPeaks at 9,261 births in 1962.9,261 in 19620192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Sherry?

About 194,500 people named Sherry are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 230,913 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Sherry?

Median age among living Sherrys: 63. Most living bearers were born in the 1960s. By the site’s era rules that makes Sherry a late 20th-century name.

Your Sherry

Ages of living people named SherryHalf of living Sherrys are older than 63 and half younger.median 63020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Sherry is most common

New York uses the name 1.8× as often as the country as a whole.

Where Sherry is used more than average2 states use the name Sherry more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.8× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.8× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Sherry is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 35 1.8×
California 75 1.8×

Sherry in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Sherry ranked #5,927 in 2025 on 3 births. That is 40% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Sherry comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from English.

Notable people named Sherry

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Sherry Stringfield American actress 1967 24
Sherry Turkle American social scientist and psychologist 1948 19
Sherry Lansing American film studio executive and actress 1944 18
Sherry Jackson American actress 1942 16
Sherry Rehman Pakistani politician and diplomat 1960 16
Sherry Ortner American anthropologist 1941 15
Sherry Hormann American-German film director and screen writer 1960 13
Sherry Ayittey Ghanaian politician 1948–2023 12
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 199 in 1934 to 449 in 1935 — 2.3 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Sherry

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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