girl's name
Sherri
SHEH-ree
- Origin American
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 83,984
Scotland
#593
1976 births
Sherri looks French and is not — it respells Cherie, meaning darling, but Cherie is not a traditional French given name at all, so the name is an English invention wearing French clothes. It holds 83,884 lifetime births in our records.
- Sherri is a name of American origin.
- Peaked in 1963, when 5,472 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1924.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Sherri over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 |
| 1930s | 102 |
| 1940s | 2,325 |
| 1950s | 16,104 |
| 1960s | 41,735 |
| 1970s | 17,153 |
| 1980s | 5,026 |
| 1990s | 928 |
| 2000s | 271 |
| 2010s | 130 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 63 |
What Sherri means
Sherri means darling or dear one, from the French chérie. The French word is a term of endearment rather than a name, so the sense is borrowed from vocabulary.
Where Sherri comes from
Sherri respells Cherie, the French chérie — darling, the feminine past participle of chérir, to cherish, from the Latin carus, dear. Chérie is a term of address in French rather than a given name, so English speakers took a word they had heard and made a name of it, which is why it looks French and is not used in France. A separate line derives Sherry from Sarah or from the fortified wine, and the three have blurred.
Sherri in use
Sherri peaked in the United States in 1963, when 5,472 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It charts in exactly one of the six markets we track, at 8777th in the United States on 12 births, across 83,984 lifetime births. Our records carry it only from 1932, so it rose and fell inside a single century.
How popular is Sherri?
In 2025, Sherri was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Sherri is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Sherri
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Sherri also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Sherri over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sherri in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Sherri
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sherri — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Sherri
What does the name Sherri mean?
Darling — from the French chérie.
Is Sherri a French name?
No. Chérie is a term of endearment rather than a given name, and the name is not used in France.
Is Sherry the same name?
It has blurred with it, though Sherry also derives from Sarah and from the wine.
How popular is Sherri?
8777th in the United States, down from a 1963 peak of 5,472 births.
Is Sherri a girl's or a boy's name?
Sherri is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Sherri?
Sherri has 2 syllables.
Is Sherri a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Sherri currently ranks #8,777 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.