Sherry
Sherry was the 5532nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 48th with 9,223 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,153 places. More babies were named Sherry in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Meaning sherry (wine) or variant of Cherie · English, French
Say it SHAIR-ee /ˈʃɛɹi/
- Rank in 2025
- #5,532 girls, down 1,936 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 23girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19629,223 babies
- Total since 1880
- 230,913babies recorded
What does the name Sherry mean?
Sherry is, according to Wiktionary, either the name of sherry wine or a variant of Cherie, French chérie 'darling'. Sherry wine is named after Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, whose name was earlier spelled Xeres. As a girls' name Sherry was popular in the US in the 1950s and 1960s, alongside Sheryl and Cheryl.
chérie (French, “darling”)Xeres (Jerez) (Spanish, “place name”)
How sure is this? Probable. Two possible sources.
Related names: Cherie, Sheri, Cheryl.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Sherry', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'sherry' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Sherry popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 976 since 1920.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,532 | 23 |
| 2020 | #3,596 | 42 |
| 2010 | #2,780 | 64 |
| 2000 | #1,470 | 126 |
| 1990 | #582 | 399 |
| 1980 | #192 | 1,404 |
| 1970 | #60 | 5,917 |
| 1960 | #54 | 8,314 |
| 1950 | #62 | 5,808 |
| 1940 | #207 | 857 |
| 1930 | #737 | 91 |
| 1920 | #1,746 | 24 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Sherry, counting every spelling?
Sherry is the most common spelling of a name family that had 46 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 46 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherry | 23 | #5,532 | 126 |
| Sherri | 12 | #8,796 | 54 |
| Sheri | 6 | #14,685 | 33 |
| Sherrie | 5 | #16,911 | 27 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sherry?
23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sherry (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sherry 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 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sherry.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sherry?
About 186,900 people born in the US named Sherry are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 57 and 71. That makes Sherry a name most people associate with older generations.
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.
Sherry by state
How common Sherry was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sherry: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sherry, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Sherry · Sibling names for Sherry
Questions about the name Sherry
What does Sherry mean?
Sherry means “sherry (wine) or variant of Cherie” (English, French origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Sherry?
Sherry was the 5532nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 48th with 9,223 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,153 places. More babies were named Sherry in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Sherry a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sherry in the US.
Where is Sherry most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sherry was most common in Texas (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.