Sherald
The Story of Sherald
As a girl name
Sherald first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1947, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1953: 10 births, good for #3,687 nationwide. About 66% of every Sherald on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Sherald last appeared in the published SSA data in 1965, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 110 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Sherald first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1934, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1938: 8 births, good for #2,646 nationwide. About 60% of every Sherald on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Sherald last appeared in the published SSA data in 1948, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 40 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Sherald
Sherald is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1947 and has accumulated 110 births in the dataset. Sherald's peak popularity came in 1953 when it ranked #3,687. Use the chart and map above to compare Sherald's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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