Sherra
The Slayers light novel series features a cast of characters created by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It follows the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world.
Meaning & Origin of Sherra
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Slayers light novel series features a cast of characters created by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It follows the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world.
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The Story of Sherra
Sherra first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1937, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1970: 28 births, good for #2,577 nationwide. About 23% of every Sherra on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Sherra last appeared in the published SSA data in 1998, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 897 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sherra
Sherra is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1937 and has accumulated 897 births in the dataset. Sherra's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #2,577. Use the chart and map above to compare Sherra'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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