Sherika
Sherika is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1979126 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1971
- 1,967people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,967 girls have been named Sherika in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 126 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 126 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 55%.
By decade
In 1979, its biggest year
Sherika was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Sherika
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Laquandapeak 1977
- Shauntepeak 1978
- Latoriapeak 1984
- Natoshapeak 1986
- Tenishapeak 1983
- Shanikapeak 1979
- Shamikapeak 1981
- Teneshapeak 1984
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.