girls:
1.6k births since 1933
#4136 (28th percentile)
boys:
153 births since 1925
#4433 (3rd percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1925
#5978 (23rd percentile)
The name Sherril is the #5,978 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,775 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 22.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,136 (27.6% percentile) for all time with 1,622 births since 1933. For boys, it ranks #4,433 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 153 births since 1925.
Sherril first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (1925 for boys and 1933 for girls). Birth data for Sherril is available in 50 out of the 62 years between 1925 and 1986 (45 years for girls and 22 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 Sherril has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.4% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1935, the name was more popular for boys (74.2% boys from 1925 to 1934), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (93.9% girls from 1935 to 1986).
For girls, Sherril reached its peak popularity in 1953, achieving the 10.4% percentile (ranked #623) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1953, with 40 births per million (ranked 10.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1986.
For boys, Sherril reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #518) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1953.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sherril".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sherril. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.5% confident that Sherril is pronounced as SHEH-rihl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEH-ruhl, at 40.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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