How Many People Are Named Sherri?
people named Sherri are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,634 people in the US has this name
Based on 83,843 babies named Sherri in Social Security records from 1924 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,472 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SHERRY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sherri in English. Counting Sherri and these spellings together, about 454,946 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Sherri (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sherri alive today is about 59 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sherri first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 1963, to 5,472 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sherri never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #78, in 1963, and it was in the top 100 for 7 years, 1962 to 1968. In 2025 it ranked #8,794.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,794 |
| Best rank | #78 (1963) |
| Years in the top 100 | 7 (1962 to 1968) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #93 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sherri alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sherri were born in California than in any other state: about 5,976 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sherri was given 2.5 times as often in Oklahoma, 1.8 times in Kansas and 1.8 times in West Virginia.
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