How popular is the name Sherry?

Sherry ranks 80th among girls' names in US records, with 478,839 births since 1909. Over the past decade it accounts for 881.

Is Sherry a unisex name?

No. Sherry is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1962, when 21,426 children were given the name. It has been in use for 116 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Sherri, Sheri, Cherie, Cheri, Sherrie. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#80 of girl names

Pronounced SH EH1 R IY0 (ARPABET)

Sherry is a girls' name, and first appears in 1909. It has been given to 478,839 children — the 80th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 43% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1962, when 21,426 children were given it.

Five other spellings are counted in that total — Sherri, Sheri, Cherie and two more — because they are pronounced identically.

1962Girls: 21,426Boys: 43

These spellings sound identical to Sherry and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Sherry?: Sherry ranks 80th among girls' names in US records, with 478,839 births since 1909. Over the past decade it accounts for 881.
Is Sherry a unisex name?: No. Sherry is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Sherry most popular?: 1962, when 21,426 children were given the name. It has been in use for 116 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Sherry spelled?: Sherri, Sheri, Cherie, Cheri, Sherrie. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.