# Sherri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sherri/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 83,843 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 176 / 83,667 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 8,559 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12,080 |
| 2013 | 15 | 8,097 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,834 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,878 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,554 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,844 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,370 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,375 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,969 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,398 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,590 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,923 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,875 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,796 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 15 | 2,191 |
| 1965 | 10 | 2,751 |
| 1966 | 10 | 2,754 |
| 1967 | 9 | 2,959 |
| 1968 | 11 | 2,707 |
| 1969 | 12 | 2,663 |
| 1970 | 12 | 2,868 |
| 1971 | 11 | 3,116 |
| 1972 | 11 | 3,124 |
| 1973 | 13 | 2,838 |
| 1974 | 6 | 5,144 |
| 1975 | 5 | 6,208 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,497 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,934 |
| 1980 | 5 | 7,145 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 | 1,914 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |

## People named Sherri

- Sherri Shepherd, American actress, comedian, author and television personality
- Sherri Saum, American actress
- Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler and manager (1958–2007)
- Sherri Howard, Athletics competitor, sprinter, 400 metres runner
- Sherri Stoner, American 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.