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Sheridan

From an Irish surname, which was derived from the given name Sirideán possibly meaning "searcher".

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#5,238

Meaning and history

From an Irish surname, Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Sirideáin and derived from the given name Sirideán, possibly meaning “searcher.”

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 129 births, rank #1,639
2007: 119 births, rank #1,792
2008: 79 births, rank #2,419
2009: 84 births, rank #2,316
2010: 63 births, rank #2,781
20112011: 50 births, rank #3,267
2012: 51 births, rank #3,213
2013: 38 births, rank #3,918
2014: 38 births, rank #3,925
2015: 34 births, rank #4,232
20162016: 36 births, rank #4,083
2017: 22 births, rank #5,661
2018: 20 births, rank #6,010
2019: 22 births, rank #5,612
2020: 17 births, rank #6,629
20212021: 14 births, rank #7,630
2022: 19 births, rank #6,229
2023: 25 births, rank #5,126
2024: 20 births, rank #5,962
20252025: 24 births, rank #5,238

Sheridan moved from #780 to #983 for girls between 2001 and 2002. Its highest annual birth count came in 2001, with 305 births.