How Many People Are Named Sheryl?
people named Sheryl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,258 people in the US has this name
Based on 79,026 babies named Sheryl in Social Security records from 1921 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,144 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CHERYL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sheryl in English. Counting Sheryl and these spellings together, about 431,015 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Sheryl (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sheryl alive today is about 64 years old, and 73% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sheryl first appears in the records in 1921 and was given most often in 1957, to 4,144 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1921 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sheryl has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #112, in 1957. In 2025 it ranked #8,279.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,279 |
| Best rank | #112 (1957) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #137 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sheryl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sheryl were born in California than in any other state: about 6,510 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sheryl was given 2.5 times as often in Iowa, 2.3 times in Kansas and 1.9 times in Nebraska.
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