Baby name
Sherry
Girl
Origin of the name
Sherry is a 20th-century name of uncertain origin; it may come from the French chérie, “darling.”
Short-lived name
229,937births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 48rank at its peak, in 1962
Where babies named Sherry are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Sherry is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Sherry is most common in Tennessee (1.9 times), Kentucky (1.8) and West Virginia (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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