# Sheryl (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sheryl/  
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 | 79,026 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 200 / 78,826 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 88, 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 | 24 | 5,701 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,835 |
| 2013 | 27 | 5,130 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,772 |
| 2015 | 17 | 7,226 |
| 2016 | 30 | 4,717 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,643 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,977 |
| 2019 | 27 | 5,018 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,879 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5,719 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,974 |
| 2023 | 16 | 7,202 |
| 2024 | 24 | 5,423 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8,281 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 7 | 3,388 |
| 1954 | 7 | 3,421 |
| 1956 | 8 | 3,171 |
| 1957 | 11 | 2,614 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,426 |
| 1959 | 7 | 3,567 |
| 1960 | 10 | 2,844 |
| 1961 | 6 | 4,004 |
| 1963 | 8 | 3,283 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,526 |
| 1966 | 8 | 3,206 |
| 1967 | 10 | 2,742 |
| 1968 | 8 | 3,328 |
| 1971 | 6 | 4,834 |
| 1973 | 6 | 4,994 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2000 | 6 | 2,416 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 7 | 2,301 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Sheryl

- Sheryl Sandberg, American technology executive, activist, and author
- Sheryl Crow, American musician (born 1962)
- Sheryl Lee, American actress
- Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
- Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player (born 1971)
- Sheryl WuDunn, American journalist and executive
- Sheryl Johnson, field hockey player
- Sheryl Cruz, Filipino actress
- Jacky Rosen, American politician (born 1957)

## 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.