# Sheridan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sheridan/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃɛɹɪdən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,372 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,768 / 5,604 (67% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 251, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

As a surname, from Irish Ó Sirideáin.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 51 | 3,262 |
| 2013 | 38 | 3,993 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,989 |
| 2015 | 34 | 4,288 |
| 2016 | 36 | 4,148 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5,800 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,204 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,767 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,885 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,973 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,432 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,234 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6,128 |
| 2025 | 24 | 5,375 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 7 | 10,491 |
| 2007 | 11 | 7,506 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,852 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,971 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,658 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,521 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,894 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,567 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,938 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,712 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,738 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,919 |
| 2022 | 15 | 6,104 |
| 2023 | 6 | 12,031 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,579 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 18 | 1,107 |
| 2000 | 9 | 1,831 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1,728 |
| 2002 | 9 | 1,928 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 10 | 1,235 |
| 1997 | 15 | 964 |
| 1998 | 7 | 1,642 |
| 1999 | 10 | 1,281 |
| 2000 | 6 | 1,889 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 7 | 1,799 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## People named Sheridan

- Sheridan Smith, British actress
- Sheridan Downey, American politician (1884–1961)
- Korey Smith, English association football player

## 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.