# Sheri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sheri/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sheri' |
| US babies named this | 60,578 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 114 / 60,464 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 22, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 10,368 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,624 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,416 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,525 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,813 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,704 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14,137 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,576 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,724 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,290 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,855 |
| 2021 | 9 | 11,036 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,384 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,517 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,685 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 5 | 4,393 |
| 1959 | 7 | 3,564 |
| 1960 | 6 | 3,991 |
| 1963 | 13 | 2,397 |
| 1965 | 8 | 3,212 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,451 |
| 1967 | 6 | 3,911 |
| 1968 | 13 | 2,428 |
| 1969 | 9 | 3,278 |
| 1970 | 12 | 2,867 |
| 1971 | 8 | 3,916 |
| 1972 | 9 | 3,570 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,768 |
| 1975 | 8 | 4,255 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 2,096 |
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |

## People named Sheri

- Sheri S. Tepper, American science fiction, horror and mystery novelist (1929–2016)
- Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress and fashion designer
- Sheri Biggs, American politician (born 1970)
- Sheri Hagen, German actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.