Sherrill
The Story of Sherrill
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Sherrill as a girl name dates back to 1915, when 5 babies received it. 1947 was its biggest year on record, with 284 newborns named Sherrill — #487 in the national rankings. About 33% of every Sherrill on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Sherrill last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Sherrill on the record books as a boy name in 1912, with 14 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1936, when 74 Sherrills were born — ranking #688 that year. About 28% of every Sherrill on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Sherrill last appeared in the published SSA data in 1991, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Sherrill
Sherrill is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Sherrill's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #487. Use the chart and map above to compare Sherrill'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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