Sherra

Girl · recorded 1937–1998

  • 1998last recorded
  • 1977best year

Most popular in 1977.

Last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1937

091819371952196819831998

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Sherra, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19377
19389
19404
19414
19425
194316
19447
194511
194613
19479
194811
194911
195010
19517
195210
19539
195411
19557
19566
19576
195810
19599
196011
196112
19627
19638
196410
19657
196611
196710
196811
196912
197016
197110
197212
197312
19747
197515
197613
197718
197812
197915
198011
198111
19829
198313
19849
198511
198615
19875
19887
19895
19906
19914
19933
19963
19983

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sherra 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1998
5
Rank in 1998
#14,122
How rare
1 in 353,389 girls
Since 1937
897

Sherra was last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1977, at 18 per million girls born.

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

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