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
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,238since 1910
Sherley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,538 | 26 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
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| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1934 at #1,518 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 16.3% of all girls named Sherley (202) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1922, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 45 | #2,398 (1910) | #3,267 |
| 1920s | 104 | #2,351 (1926) | #3,170 |
| 1930s | 157 | #1,518 (1934) | #2,211 |
| 1940s | 202 | #1,538 (1941) | #2,037 |
| 1950s | 126 | #2,185 (1950) | #3,397 |
| 1960s | 110 | #3,212 (1960) | #4,300 |
| 1970s | 60 | #5,413 (1970) | #6,887 |
| 1980s | 112 | #4,945 (1982) | #6,184 |
| 1990s | 110 | #5,439 (1995) | #8,054 |
| 2000s | 152 | #5,062 (2004) | #7,726 |
| 2010s | 53 | #9,341 (2017) | #13,332 |
| 2020s | 7 | #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 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
Top boys' names in 1934
More about 1934
girls
1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 43,509 of them was named Sherley, which outranked 69.5% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,481Sydelle25
- #1,481Vicky25
- #1,481Zenobia25
- #1,518Sherley24
- #1,518Ardyth24
- #1,518Arlie24
- #1,518Betsey24
- #1,556Adriana23
- #1,556Alean23
- #1,556Aloha23
Tied with 37 names at #1,518; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 103,260 of them was named Sherley, which outranked 43.1% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,266Yoshio11
- #2,266Yukio11
- #2,266Zachary11
- #2,393Sherley10
- #2,393Abbott10
- #2,393Addie10
- #2,393Alger10
- #2,563Abelino9
- #2,563Abie9
- #2,563Acey9
Tied with 169 names at #2,393; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.