NameTides

Sherry

Sherry was the #5,410 girls' name in the US in 2025 (23 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Sherry as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sherry as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Sherry as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#5,410 (23)#5,927 (3)—
2024#6,932 (16)——
2023#5,752 (21)——
2022#3,893 (38)—#3,228 (5)
2021#4,719 (28)——
2020#3,546 (42)#3,899 (5)—
2019#3,499 (44)—#2,872 (6)
2018#3,396 (46)—#2,151 (9)
2017#2,635 (66)—#2,041 (10)
2016#3,100 (53)—#2,892 (6)
2015#2,351 (78)—#1,874 (11)
2014#2,739 (63)#5,691 (3)#3,316 (5)
2013#2,726 (63)#4,050 (5)#1,913 (11)
2012#2,516 (72)#4,171 (5)—
2011#2,589 (69)#4,764 (4)#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1963 at #49.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1909.

How common is it?

about 1 in 71,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 71,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sherry is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 97,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 56,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sherry by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sherry (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SherryCanadaGirls—too few
SherryEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
SherryNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SherryUSGirls#5,41023
SherryUSBoys—too few