Girl
Sherry
The name Sherry carries the meaning "Beloved", with roots in French. It belongs mostly to the 1960s at this point. These days, it is familiar to most people. 1962 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
FrenchDiminutive of Sharon or Cherie
FrenchBeloved
Births by decade
1900s
5
1910s
88
1920s
601
1930s
3,792
1940s
32,945
1950s
68,504
1960s
77,771
1970s
34,355
1980s
8,640
1990s
2,407
2000s
1,012
2010s
525
Peaked in the 1960s · 230,645 total U.S. births since 1900