Name meaning & stats
Sheryl
Sheryl means “darling”. 78,428 US babies since 1940, peak 1957.
What it means
“darling”
Form of Cheryl
In US birth records
Peak year: 1957
78,428 US babies were named Sheryl between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Sheryl (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 76% of the family
- Sheryl 76%
- Sherrill 7%
- Sherryl 4%
- Sherrell 3%
- Sherril 2%
- Sheryll 1%
- Sherell 1%
- Sheryle 1%
- Sherelle 1%
- Sherill 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1957)