Sherry

Boy · recorded 1920–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1962best year

Most popular in 1962.

Last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

Checking your shortlist…

Compare

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Sherry.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1920

091819201938195619731991

Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.

Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 66 recorded years as a table
Sherry, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19205
19236
19248
19254
19268
19285
19295
193012
19328
19336
19348
193512
193616
193710
19387
193911
194013
194110
194212
194311
194415
194512
194612
194713
194816
194912
195011
195112
195210
19539
19544
195510
19568
195711
19587
19597
196012
196111
196218
196313
196413
196512
196615
196713
196814
196910
197014
197114
197213
197312
19748
19758
19764
19775
19788
19796
19804
19813
19823
19835
19843
19854
19863
19874
19892
19912

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sherry isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Sherry

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
5
Rank in 1991
#8,236
How rare
1 in 404,065 boys
Since 1920
976

Sherry was last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1962, at 18 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Sherry doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.