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Girl name

Sherra

100% girls · last recorded 1998

Sherra has been given to about 897 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1970, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 793
Median age today57 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Sherra per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1970 · 28
  • Born in 20250
  • All time897

How popular is Sherra?

Its best year was 1970, when 28 babies were given the name, ranking 2633rd. The typical living American called Sherra is about 57 years old today.

Names that sound like Sherra

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Sierra0.81
  2. Shea0.76
  3. Shira0.75
  4. Shara0.75
  5. Sheena0.71
  6. Terra0.71
  7. Sherry0.68
  8. Vera0.68

Middle names for Sherra

Ranked by flow score
  1. Sherra Josephine0.84
  2. Sherra Rose0.83
  3. Sherra Louise0.83
  4. Sherra June0.82
  5. Sherra Pearl0.82
  6. Sherra Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Sherra

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Rockybrother · 0.71
  2. Margosister · 0.69
  3. Jolenesister · 0.69
  4. Georginasister · 0.68
  5. Rudybrother · 0.68
  6. Wadebrother · 0.64

Where Sherra is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Sherra White0.78
    2. Sherra Reyes0.78
    3. Sherra Nguyen0.78
    4. Sherra Moore0.78
    5. Sherra Lee0.78
    6. Sherra Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Sherra

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.