Given name & surname
Sherri
“one who is greatly loved; a darling”
In English use, Sherri has a related form in Sherry. In English use, Sherry carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Sherri has a related form in Sherry. In English use, Sherry carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sherri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 83,843
- 176 boys · 83,667 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 5,472 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,796 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,796 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 5,460 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 70,746 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sherri’s family of names
In English usage, Sherri has a related form in Sherry. In English usage, Sherri has a related form in Cheri.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sherri
- Sherri ShepherdAmerican actress, comedian, author and television personalityborn 1967
- Sherri SaumAmerican actressborn 1974
- Sherri MartelAmerican professional wrestler and manager (1958–2007)
- Sherri HowardAthletics competitor, sprinter, 400 metres runnerborn 1962
- Sherri StonerAmerican actressborn 1959
- Sherri Steinhauerprofessional golferborn 1962
- Sherri Turnerprofessional golferborn 1956
- Sherri L. SmithAmerican writerborn 1971
- Sherri DuPreeAmerican singerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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