Shere
Shere is a village in the Guildford district of Surrey, England 4.8 miles (7.7 km) east south-east of Guildford and 5.4 miles (8.7 km) west of Dorking, centrally bypassed by the A25. Located on the River Tillingbourne it is a small still partly agricultural village chiefly set in the wooded Vale of Holmesdale between the North Downs and Greensand Ridge.
Meaning & Origin of Shere
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shere is a village in the Guildford district of Surrey, England 4.8 miles (7.7 km) east south-east of Guildford and 5.4 miles (8.7 km) west of Dorking, centrally bypassed by the A25. Located on the River Tillingbourne it is a small still partly agricultural village chiefly set in the wooded Vale of Holmesdale between the North Downs and Greensand Ridge.
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The Story of Shere
American parents first put Shere on the record books as a baby girl name in 1948, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1980, when 12 Sheres were born — ranking #5,544 that year. About 36% of every Shere on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shere last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 253 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shere
Shere is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 253 births in the dataset. Shere's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #5,544. Use the chart and map above to compare Shere'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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