Given name
Sherrie
“one who is greatly loved; a darling”
Sherrie is a variant of Sherry. In English use, Sherry carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sherrie is a variant of 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 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sherrie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35,159
- 11 boys · 35,148 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 1,534 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,911 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,911 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,534 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 28,257 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.
Sherrie’s family of names
Sherrie has a related form in Sherry.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sherrie
- Sherrie LevineAmerican photographer and conceptual artist (born 1947)
- Sherrie RoseAmerican actressborn 1966
- Sherrie HewsonEnglish actressborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Sherrie, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Shelly
“from the bank's meadow” · “from the meadow's ledge”
>99% girls
Shelley
“from the bank's meadow” · “from the meadow's ledge”
>99% girls
Pennie
Pennie is a surname.
>99% girls
Edie
Edie is a variant of Edith. One English interpretation is “the spoils of war; one who is joyous; a treasure.”
>99% girls
Suzie
“resembling a graceful white lily”
>99% girls
Laurie
“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel” · “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
>99% girls
Debbie
“bee”
>99% girls
Sheila
“one who is blind” · “one of cool conduct and character”
>99% girls