Sheryl
Sheryl is a female given name. The similar name Sherill may be male or female.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sheryl
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sheryl is a female given name. The similar name Sherill may be male or female.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sheryl
Sheryl first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1921, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1957: 4,132 births, good for #112 nationwide. About 39% of every Sheryl on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Sheryl ranks #5,496 for baby girls with 23 births, gradually falling (-6%). All told, over 79K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Sheryl
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sheryl. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Sheryl
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About the name Sheryl
Sheryl is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 79K births in the dataset. Sheryl's peak popularity came in 1957 when it ranked #112. Use the chart and map above to compare Sheryl'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.