Sheryl is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1957 and has since faded.
Sheryl is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #8,281 for girl births in the United States (and #14,191 across all names), given to 13 babies. Sheryl was first reported in SSA data in 1921 and peaked in 1957 (4,133 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | #8,281 | — |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | #5,423 | — |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | #7,202 | — |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | #7,974 | — |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | #5,719 | — |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | #8,879 | — |
| 2019 | 27 | 27 | #5,018 | — |
| 2018 | 21 | 21 | #5,977 | — |
| 2017 | 23 | 23 | #5,643 | — |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | #4,717 | — |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | #7,226 | — |
| 2014 | 23 | 23 | #5,772 | — |
| 2013 | 27 | 27 | #5,130 | — |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | #6,835 | — |
| 2011 | 24 | 24 | #5,701 | — |
| 2010 | 32 | 32 | #4,590 | — |
| 2009 | 27 | 27 | #5,360 | — |
| 2008 | 45 | 45 | #3,640 | — |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | #6,056 | — |
| 2006 | 28 | 28 | #5,079 | — |
| 2005 | 26 | 26 | #5,094 | — |
| 2004 | 47 | 47 | #3,260 | — |
| 2003 | 54 | 54 | #2,875 | — |
| 2002 | 31 | 31 | #4,161 | — |
| 2001 | 35 | 35 | #3,774 | — |
| 2000 | 45 | 45 | #3,113 | — |
| 1999 | 52 | 52 | #2,697 | — |
| 1998 | 46 | 46 | #2,883 | — |
| 1997 | 53 | — | #2,475 | — |
| 1996 | 58 | — | #2,307 | — |
| 1995 | 68 | — | #2,024 | — |
| 1994 | 73 | — | #1,948 | — |
| 1993 | 89 | — | #1,692 | — |
| 1992 | 83 | — | #1,772 | — |
| 1991 | 109 | — | #1,462 | — |
| 1990 | 118 | — | #1,355 | — |
| 1989 | 135 | — | #1,202 | — |
| 1988 | 153 | — | #1,050 | — |
| 1987 | 175 | — | #939 | — |
| 1986 | 198 | — | #843 | — |
| 1985 | 198 | — | #825 | — |
| 1984 | 220 | — | #743 | — |
| 1983 | 218 | — | #750 | — |
| 1982 | 300 | — | #601 | — |
| 1981 | 319 | — | #580 | — |
| 1980 | 357 | — | #530 | — |
| 1979 | 412 | — | #491 | — |
| 1978 | 445 | — | #445 | — |
| 1977 | 386 | — | #494 | — |
| 1976 | 452 | — | #438 | — |
| 1975 | 575 | — | #362 | — |
| 1974 | 675 | — | #329 | — |
| 1973 | 801 | — | #295 | #4,994 |
| 1972 | 953 | — | #273 | — |
| 1971 | 1,198 | — | #246 | #4,834 |
| 1970 | 1,471 | — | #214 | — |
| 1969 | 1,704 | — | #186 | — |
| 1968 | 1,893 | — | #172 | #3,328 |
| 1967 | 2,251 | — | #154 | #2,742 |
| 1966 | 2,219 | — | #158 | #3,206 |
| 1965 | 2,535 | — | #147 | — |
| 1964 | 2,962 | — | #135 | #4,526 |
| 1963 | 3,113 | — | #135 | #3,283 |
| 1962 | 3,240 | — | #134 | — |
| 1961 | 3,131 | — | #140 | #4,004 |
| 1960 | 3,065 | — | #142 | #2,844 |
| 1959 | 3,547 | — | #128 | #3,567 |
| 1958 | 3,797 | — | #121 | #4,426 |
| 1957 | 4,144 | — | #112 | #2,614 |
| 1956 | 3,899 | — | #114 | #3,171 |
| 1955 | 3,412 | — | #125 | — |
| 1954 | 2,937 | — | #133 | #3,421 |
| 1953 | 2,407 | — | #148 | #3,388 |
| 1952 | 2,248 | — | #151 | #3,680 |
| 1951 | 1,939 | — | #161 | #4,182 |
| 1950 | 2,115 | — | #145 | #4,129 |
| 1949 | 1,980 | — | #149 | #2,775 |
| 1948 | 2,016 | — | #144 | #2,978 |
| 1947 | 1,848 | — | #163 | #2,235 |
| 1946 | 1,643 | — | #165 | #2,386 |
| 1945 | 1,062 | — | #194 | #2,963 |
| 1944 | 959 | — | #207 | #2,610 |
| 1943 | 593 | — | #287 | #3,977 |
| 1942 | 324 | — | #399 | — |
| 1941 | 195 | — | #499 | — |
| 1940 | 155 | — | #556 | — |
| 1939 | 135 | — | #578 | — |
| 1938 | 154 | — | #549 | — |
| 1937 | 82 | — | #786 | #3,941 |
| 1936 | 57 | — | #908 | — |
| 1935 | 32 | — | #1,301 | — |
| 1934 | 31 | — | #1,312 | — |
| 1933 | 24 | — | #1,545 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | — | — | #4,218 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,563 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #5,159 | — |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #3,358 | — |
| 1928 | 10 | — | #3,135 | — |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #3,257 | — |
| 1926 | 7 | — | #4,251 | — |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #4,889 | — |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,973 | — |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,897 | — |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #4,393 | — |