Sherrell

girls:

2.8k births since 1934

#3288 (42nd percentile)

boys:

439 births since 1914

#4147 (10th percentile)

overall:

3.2k births since 1914

#4802 (38th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Sherrell is the #4,802 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,221 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 37.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,288 (42.5% percentile) for all time with 2,782 births since 1934. For boys, it ranks #4,147 (9.5% percentile) for all time with 439 births since 1914.

Sherrell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1934 for girls). Birth data for Sherrell is available in 90 out of the 104 years between 1914 and 2017 (78 years for girls and 46 years for boys). 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 Sherrell has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2017, 100.0% of babies named Sherrell were girls. Interestingly, until around 1942, the name was more popular for boys (67.9% boys from 1914 to 1941), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (92.3% girls from 1942 to 2017).

For girls, Sherrell reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 10.3% percentile (ranked #740) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 43 births per million (ranked 9.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.

For boys, Sherrell reached its peak popularity in 1947, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #582) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1936, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1983.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sherrell".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
2,782
Peak Births
86
Peak Year
1989
First Recorded
1934
Peak Percentile
10.3%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#740
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
439
Peak Births
20
Peak Year
1947
First Recorded
1914
Peak Percentile
2.5%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#582
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Sherrell

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Sherrell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 35.1% confident that Sherrell is pronounced as SHEH-rehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEH-ruhl, at 29.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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SHEH-rehl (2 syllables)
35.1% confidence
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Possible Additional Pronunciations

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