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 | — | — | ||
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| 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 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 46,466 of them was named Sherley, which outranked 69.8% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,501Tony27
- #1,501Vanda27
- #1,501Vernita27
- #1,538Sherley26
- #1,538Albert26
- #1,538Alline26
- #1,538Bettina26
- #1,569Alverta25
- #1,569Arden25
- #1,569Arvilla25
Tied with 30 names at #1,538; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 204,720 of them was named Sherley, which outranked 21.7% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,872Wilmar7
- #2,872Windsor7
- #2,872Zeno7
- #3,133Sherley6
- #3,133Abbie6
- #3,133Ada6
- #3,133Aden6
- #3,505Abundio5
- #3,505Addis5
- #3,505Afton5
Tied with 371 names at #3,133; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.