How Many People Are Named Sherrill?

5,532

people named Sherrill are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 61,783 people in the US has this name

Based on 8,847 babies named Sherrill in Social Security records from 1912 to 1997, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,489

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,947

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Peak Year

1947

334 births

Trend

1997

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
87.2%
Male
12.8%

Of the babies given the name Sherrill, 87.2% were girls and 12.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Sherrill rose from 7.9% in the 1910s to 100% in the 1980s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Sherrill alive today is about 70 years old, and 83% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 63 and 78 in 2025.

Under 30 8
0.1%
30 to 59 937
16.9%
60 and over 4,587
82.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Sherrill first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1947, to 334 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1997.

Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 1997

🏆 Rank History

Sherrill has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #448, in 1944. Among boys, its best rank was #689, in 1936.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025Not rankedNot ranked
Best rank#448 (1944)#689 (1936)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#502 in the 1940s#910 in the 1940s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Sherrill alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Sherrill were born in California than in any other state: about 509 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sherrill was given 3.7 times as often in North Carolina, 2.1 times in California and 2 times in Indiana.

California 509
North Carolina 278
Texas 267
Illinois 209
New York 209
Michigan 191
Ohio 170
Indiana 158
Pennsylvania 112
Massachusetts 92
South Carolina 84
Missouri 81
Tennessee 71
Washington 70
Georgia 69
Florida 67
Virginia 61
Alabama 61
Iowa 60
Oregon 46
Oklahoma 46
Kansas 39
Louisiana 36
Minnesota 31
Kentucky 27
Colorado 22
Nebraska 21
New Jersey 19
Maine 10
Arkansas 10
Connecticut 10
Wisconsin 9
Mississippi 8
District of Columbia 6
New Mexico 4
Rhode Island 3
Utah 2

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