Feminine dossier · first seen 1921

Sheryl

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sheryl
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.4% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

4,132

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1921Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

99.4%

2024

All-time

78,812

Sheryl once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 4,132 girls were named Sheryl.

In 2024, only 24 girls were given the name.

Down 99.4% from its peak.

All told, about 78,812 Americans have been named Sheryl and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1921.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.4% from peak

19574,132 girls named Sheryl

202424 girls named Sheryl

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