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Sherill

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Variant of Cheryl

Sherill has been given to 1,080 babies in the U.S. since 1934. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1954, with 48 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Sherill, 1994

1 in 743,000

Sherill over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Sherill over time

In 1994, Sherill went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19311994

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Sherill: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Cheryl

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sherill means

Sherill is a variant of Cheryl.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sherill is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɛɹ.əl/ for Sherill.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cheryl.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,019 girls were recorded with the name Sherill between 1934 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 48 in 1954; its best national rank was #1,455 in 1947.

In the United States, 61 boys were recorded with the name Sherill between 1931 and 1957. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1940; its best national rank was #2,459 in 1940.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Sherill?

Sherill had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1994, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1994
1 in 743,000
5 of 3,715,972 births
Among girls only
1 in 357,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1994
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
515,144 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sherill sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1994 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 515,144 children born in 1994 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sherill. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sherills were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sherill was born before 1956 — so the typical Sherill is around 69 today.

Median birth year
1956
About 69 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
31.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
13.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
704
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1950s — 31.3% of all recorded uses (319).

Is Sherill rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1954 (48)
Years since peak
71
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,455
1947

Spellings of Sherill

Sherill is not the most common spelling — Sheila is, with 55.7% against Sherill's 0.24%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Sherill is used

Across 1910–2025, Sherill was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 545,097 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Michigan1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sherill has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sherill by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#1,455
1947
Peak year
1954
48 that year
First recorded
1934
Last recorded
1994
All-time count
1,019
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,459
1940
Peak year
1940
10 that year
First recorded
1931
Last recorded
1957
All-time count
61
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Sherill

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

SherrillShealynSherlinShelseaSherlyShealynnSheilySheridaSheriseShelitaShereseShelbeyShelleeSheryleSherianSherleyShenekaSheinaShekinahSherinaShelsySherrelShereneShemika

Sibling names for Sherill

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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