Sherley

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · Last seen for boys in 1949 at #3,690
Given to girls 82.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1934 · 24 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,238
since 1910

Sherley over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #1,518, 1934peak #1,639, 1936girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023#12,1977
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017#9,34111
2016#14,3316
2015#16,4195
2014#16,5135
2013#16,5475
2012
2011#9,72311
2010#10,45110
2009#9,97511
2008#7,07318
2007#9,00713
2006#7,48216
2005#6,82017
2004#5,06225
2003#7,20715
2002#9,48210
2001#6,61916
2000#8,53411
1999#6,19116
1998#11,1387
1997#7,28312
1996#7,57411
1995#5,43917
1994#9,5868
1993#9,5598
1992#9,4918
1991#6,97612
1990#7,30311
1989#5,83614
1988#5,32115
1987#6,78810
1986#5,75712
1985#6,45710
1984#6,29110
1983#6,7059
1982#4,94514
1981#6,32310
1980#7,4188
1979#9,0106
1978
1977#9,6525
1976#6,6118
1975
1974#6,2588
1973#6,6667
1972#5,4809
1971#6,0068
1970#5,4139
1969#4,72310
1968#6,2466
1967#3,65613
1966#4,4939
1965#5,8176
1964#3,51514
1963#3,80112
1962#3,29315
1961#4,23910
1960#3,21215
1959#3,25414
1958#3,92510
1957#4,2029
1956#3,49312
1955#3,37712
1954#4,6557
1953#3,26912
1952#2,50218
1951#3,10612
1950#2,18520
1949#2,62015#3,6905
1948#2,12621#3,6685
1947#1,75230
1946#2,39216
1945#1,87420
1944#2,28715#2,8627
1943#1,70325
1942#2,04618#2,9407
1941#1,53826#3,1336
1940#2,02916#3,1306
1939#2,41712
1938#2,44712#2,32610
1937#1,53924#2,19711
1936#1,69120#1,63917
1935#1,84518#2,39610
1934#1,51824#2,39310
1933#2,40412#2,7388
1932#3,5687#3,3616
1931#2,75010#2,47110
1930#1,93418
1929#2,58712#2,7669
1928#2,38114#3,3577
1927#3,05310#2,70310
1926#2,35115#3,1398
1925#2,77812#2,9369
1924#3,3939#3,8676
1923#2,91711#2,9509
1922#3,3799#2,34713
1921#4,4646#2,80410
1920#4,3986#2,13115
1919#4,2516#2,66510
1918#2,51913#2,07315
1917#4,0836#2,42311
1916#3,9196#2,9268
1915#3,3926
1914#2,4349
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1910#2,3985
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five girls were named Sherley! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Sherley
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1934 at #1,518 (24 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 43,509
  • Highest: 1 in 43,509 girls born in 1934 were named Sherley (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 16.3% of all girls named Sherley (202) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1923
  • Mostly boys until 1922, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s45#2,398 (1910)#3,267
1920s104#2,351 (1926)#3,170
1930s157#1,518 (1934)#2,211
1940s202#1,538 (1941)#2,037
1950s126#2,185 (1950)#3,397
1960s110#3,212 (1960)#4,300
1970s60#5,413 (1970)#6,887
1980s112#4,945 (1982)#6,184
1990s110#5,439 (1995)#8,054
2000s152#5,062 (2004)#7,726
2010s53#9,341 (2017)#13,332
2020s7#12,197 (2023)#12,197

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sherley in 1910

girls
#2,398
5 births · 1 in 79,301 girls

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #2,398Sherley5
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 79,301 of them was named Sherley, which outranked 14.1% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherley
  1. #2,140Zeola6
  2. #2,140Zina6
  3. #2,140Zylphia6
  4. #2,398Sherley5
  5. #2,398Adelaida5
  6. #2,398Adina5
  7. #2,398Adria5

Tied with 392 names at #2,398; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. 960Alys#1,957#997
  2. 849Lannie#1,763#914
  3. 766Luz#1,763#997
  4. 762Vivien#1,607#845
  5. 693Buna#1,607#914
Fallers
  1. 864Earl#909#1,773
  2. 864Fleta#909#1,773
  3. 783Elba#990#1,773
  4. 644Odile#990#1,634
  5. 576Claribel#845#1,421

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1910