Sheridan
Sheridan was the 5375th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 780th with 305 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,087 places. More babies were named Sheridan in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,375 girls, up 1,510 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 24girls
- Girls and boys
- 74% girls, 26% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2001305 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,372babies recorded
Sheridan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,375 | #9,579 | 24 | 8 |
| 2020 | #6,885 | #13,738 | 17 | 5 |
| 2010 | #2,800 | #11,971 | 63 | 6 |
| 2000 | #842 | #3,624 | 264 | 23 |
| 1990 | #1,700 | #1,611 | 87 | 52 |
| 1980 | #2,695 | #1,799 | 35 | 32 |
| 1970 | #3,012 | #1,609 | 23 | 29 |
| 1960 | #2,810 | #1,852 | 20 | 20 |
| 1950 | #1,330 | #1,494 | 48 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,632 | #1,004 | 24 | 42 |
| 1930 | — | #1,461 | — | 26 |
| 1920 | — | #1,738 | — | 21 |
| 1910 | — | #1,807 | — | 5 |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Sheridan, counting every spelling?
Sheridan has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sheridan?
24 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sheridan (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sheridan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 347 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sheridan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sheridan?
About 5,200 people born in the US named Sheridan are alive today, with a median age of 28; half are between 23 and 37. That makes Sheridan mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Sheridan
How popular is the name Sheridan?
Sheridan was the 5375th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 780th with 305 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,087 places. More babies were named Sheridan in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Sheridan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 74% girls, 26% boys given the name Sheridan in the US.