girls:
5.6k births since 1928
#2234 (61st percentile)
boys:
2.8k births since 1891
#2401 (48th percentile)
overall:
8.3k births since 1891
#2960 (62nd percentile)
The name Sheridan is the #2,960 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,320 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 61.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,234 (60.9% percentile) for all time with 5,560 births since 1928. For boys, it ranks #2,401 (47.6% percentile) for all time with 2,760 births since 1891.
Sheridan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for boys and 1928 for girls). Birth data for Sheridan is available in 123 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023 (119 years for boys and 90 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sheridan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 80.6% of babies named Sheridan were girls. Interestingly, until around 1945, the name was more popular for boys (77.8% boys from 1891 to 1944), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (75.0% girls from 1945 to 2023).
For girls, Sheridan reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 32.2% percentile (ranked #609) with 154 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 154 births per million (ranked 32.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2003, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sheridan ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 9.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sheridan reached its peak popularity in 1941, achieving the 9.0% percentile (ranked #479) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 1891, with 128 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sheridan ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 2.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sheridan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sheridan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.3% confident that Sheridan is pronounced as SHEH-rih-duhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEH-ree-duhn, at 22.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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