Sherry
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Sherry is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Sherry mean?
English
A female given name from English, from the sherry wine, or a variant of Cheri.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sherry a girl's or a boy's name?
Sherry is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sherry in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Sherry, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Sherry than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Sherry in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Sherry in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Sherry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Sherry, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 9,223 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the girls named Sherry in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sherry in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,635 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,588 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,751 |
| 2009 | 77 | #2,464 |
| 2008 | 77 | #2,462 |
| 2007 | 95 | #2,117 |
| 2006 | 91 | #2,127 |
| 2005 | 89 | #2,087 |
| 2004 | 104 | #1,819 |
| 2003 | 113 | #1,686 |
| 2002 | 126 | #1,499 |
| 2001 | 114 | #1,610 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,454 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 142 | #1,270 |
| 1997 | 166 | #1,128 |
| 1996 | 161 | #1,122 |
| 1995 | 203 | #923 |
| 1994 | 244 | #826 |
| 1993 | 313 | #690 |
| 1992 | 305 | #707 |
| 1991 | 353 | #634 |
| 1990 | 399 | #580 |
| 1989 | 449 | #518 |
| 1988 | 548 | #423 |
| 1987 | 567 | #401 |
| 1986 | 672 | #354 |
| 1985 | 822 | #299 |
| 1984 | 879 | #273 |
| 1983 | 929 | #256 |
| 1982 | 1,047 | #242 |
| 1981 | 1,266 | #208 |
| 1980 | 1,404 | #192 |
| 1979 | 1,591 | #175 |
| 1978 | 1,825 | #151 |
| 1977 | 2,071 | #140 |
| 1976 | 2,359 | #111 |
| 1975 | 3,044 | #95 |
| 1974 | 3,436 | #89 |
| 1973 | 3,952 | #76 |
| 1972 | 4,447 | #70 |
| 1971 | 5,562 | #60 |
| 1970 | 5,917 | #60 |
| 1969 | 6,139 | #55 |
| 1968 | 6,435 | #52 |
| 1967 | 7,130 | #51 |
| 1966 | 6,983 | #53 |
| 1965 | 7,381 | #56 |
| 1964 | 8,496 | #50 |
| 1963 | 9,065 | #49 |
| 1962 | 9,223 | #48 |
| 1961 | 8,361 | #53 |
| 1960 | 8,314 | #54 |
| 1959 | 7,341 | #58 |
| 1958 | 6,802 | #67 |
| 1957 | 7,804 | #55 |
| 1956 | 7,898 | #54 |
| 1955 | 7,769 | #56 |
| 1954 | 7,120 | #62 |
| 1953 | 5,935 | #70 |
| 1952 | 5,956 | #68 |
| 1951 | 5,889 | #70 |
| 1950 | 5,808 | #62 |
| 1949 | 5,295 | #68 |
| 1948 | 5,717 | #61 |
| 1947 | 5,579 | #67 |
| 1946 | 4,518 | #73 |
| 1945 | 2,676 | #104 |
| 1944 | 2,733 | #100 |
| 1943 | 2,314 | #123 |
| 1942 | 1,818 | #145 |
| 1941 | 1,252 | #172 |
| 1940 | 857 | #207 |
| 1939 | 739 | #226 |
| 1938 | 674 | #245 |
| 1937 | 648 | #244 |
| 1936 | 568 | #257 |
| 1935 | 436 | #288 |
| 1934 | 191 | #466 |
| 1933 | 126 | #569 |
| 1932 | 125 | #587 |
| 1931 | 98 | #673 |
| 1930 | 91 | #734 |
| 1929 | 74 | #822 |
| 1928 | 75 | #831 |
| 1927 | 81 | #810 |
| 1926 | 64 | #931 |
| 1925 | 67 | #905 |
| 1924 | 47 | #1,138 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,232 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,276 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,708 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,566 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
Names like Sherry
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sherry: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sherry, updated 20 October 2026.