Sherrel
The Story of Sherrel
As a girl name
Sherrel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1936, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1954: 33 births, good for #1,801 nationwide. About 32% of every Sherrel on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Sherrel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 768 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Sherrel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1921, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1935: 12 births, good for #2,127 nationwide. About 38% of every Sherrel on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Sherrel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1951, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 112 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Sherrel
Sherrel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1936 and has accumulated 768 births in the dataset. Sherrel's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #1,801. Use the chart and map above to compare Sherrel'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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