Sheridan
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Bright.
- Origin
- English
Sheridan Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 2,760 baby boys have been named Sheridan. The name peaked in 1941 with 52 US births that year (rank #885).
Top States for Sheridan
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Sheridan births are: California (119), Pennsylvania (41), Texas (33).
Other English-Origin Names Like Sheridan
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8-Letter Names Starting with S
Names with Sheridan's exact length and starting letter: Saeweard, Safia, S, Safiyyah, Sagremor, Salhdene.
Quick Facts About Sheridan
US Popularity History (2000–2002)
Annual US births named Sheridan by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 305 girls named Sheridan (girl rank #780 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2002, ranked #983 for girls (225 US births). That's 203 places below its 2001 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Sheridan Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2000–2008 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Sheridan the strongest states are Alabama, Oklahoma, Kentucky.
Strongest girls-name states
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2000–2008. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Sheridan in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Sheridan to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Sheridan against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).