Sherlyn

#2,458 for girls in 2025, 72 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #8,732
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2006 · 887 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,954
since 1936

Sherlyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sherlyn has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #367, 2006girls
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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
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2025#2,45872—
2024#1,955101—
2023#1,699121—
2022#1,497145—
2021#1,630128—
2020#1,373158—
2019#1,412159—
2018#1,488147—
2017#1,148216—
2016#1,117227—
2015#1,139222—
2014#891305—
2013#674423—
2012#641445—
2011#866302—
2010#624472—
2009#545556—
2008#658465—
2007#627476—
2006#367887#8,7328
2005#725377—
2004#579487—
2003#911261—
2002#2,08182—
2001#2,66356—
2000#4,98123—
1999#10,3458—
1998#7,10413—
1997#9,0179—
1996——
1995#7,04112—
1994#7,60411—
1993#4,67121—
1992#7,06712—
1991#11,5096—
1990#6,86712—
1989#6,16013—
1988#7,11110—
1987#7,3539—
1986#4,72416—
1985#6,9559—
1984#4,73715—
1983#9,0156—
1982#5,20913—
1981#5,57112—
1980#4,51716—
1979#4,23117—
1978#4,93113—
1977#4,94213—
1976#5,21511—
1975#3,95016—
1974#3,55818—
1973#2,83024—
1972#3,27619—
1971#2,95523—
1970#2,30733—
1969#2,29631—
1968#1,85541—
1967#2,01234—
1966#1,95235—
1965#1,54752—
1964#1,83641—
1963#1,73844—
1962#1,80740—
1961#1,78841—
1960#1,95334—
1959#1,64344—
1958#1,76238—
1957#1,58846—
1956#1,41355—
1955#1,37153—
1954#1,37753—
1953#1,47344—
1952#1,43945—
1951#1,20360—
1950#1,11468—
1949#1,22055—
1948#1,20956—
1947#1,23853—
1946#1,10160—
1945#1,69924—
1944#1,54528—
1943#3,4938—
1942#2,53713—
1941#3,0309—
1940#3,5037—
1939#2,9229—
1938#4,3425—
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First appearance
1936

The first year at least five girls were named Sherlyn! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1936–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sherlyn is popular in 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedNHWashington: #767 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,920 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #735 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,132 girlsMNIllinois: #370 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,807 girlsILWisconsin: #867 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,902 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedMINew York: #596 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,159 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedRIOregon: #661 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,127 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: #687 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,522 girlsINOhio: #1,434 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,889 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,232 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,105 girlsPANew Jersey: #334 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,597 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #307 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 1,516 girlsCAUtah: #671 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,174 girlsUTColorado: #698 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,406 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: #894 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,242 girlsVAMaryland: #892 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,944 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedDEArizona: #342 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,524 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedNMKansas: #608 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,752 girlsKSArkansas: #543 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,360 girlsARTennessee: #903 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,086 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #497 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,443 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #772 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,711 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: #473 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,205 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedHITexas: #325 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 1,558 girlsTXFlorida: #708 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,921 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#307 · 1 in 1,516
  2. Texas#325 · 1 in 1,558
  3. New Jersey#334 · 1 in 1,597
  4. Arizona#342 · 1 in 1,524
  5. Illinois#370 · 1 in 1,807

Best ever in a state: #140 in Delaware, 2006.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#3071441 in 1,516
Texas#3251071 in 1,558
New Jersey#334241 in 1,597
Arizona#342221 in 1,524
Illinois#370351 in 1,807
Georgia#473231 in 2,205
North Carolina#497191 in 2,443
Arkansas#54351 in 2,360
New York#596301 in 3,159
Kansas#60851 in 2,752
Oregon#66151 in 3,127
Utah#67161 in 3,174
Indiana#68791 in 3,522
Colorado#69871 in 3,406
Florida#708211 in 3,921
Minnesota#73561 in 4,132
Washington#76781 in 3,920
South Carolina#77251 in 3,711
Wisconsin#86751 in 4,902
Maryland#89251 in 4,944
Virginia#89471 in 5,242
Tennessee#90361 in 5,086
Pennsylvania#1,23261 in 9,105
Ohio#1,43451 in 10,889
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sherlyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 503 spots since 2024 (#1,955 → #2,458)
  • 1,085 spots since 2020 (#1,373 → #2,458)
  • 1,319 spots since 2015 (#1,139 → #2,458)
  • Biggest jump: 1,170 spots in 2003 (#2,081 → #911)
  • Biggest drop: 260 spots in 2007 (#367 → #627)
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 2006 at #367 (887 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2003–2014
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,143
  • Highest: 1 in 2,143 girls born in 2006 were named Sherlyn (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,323 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 41.0% of all girls named Sherlyn (3,670) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s19#2,922 (1939)#3,815
1940s313#1,101 (1946)#2,058
1950s506#1,114 (1950)#1,438
1960s393#1,547 (1965)#1,878
1970s187#2,307 (1970)#3,820
1980s119#4,517 (1980)#6,135
1990s104#4,671 (1993)#7,914
2000s3,670#367 (2006)#1,414
2010s2,918#624 (2010)#1,000
2020s725#1,373 (2020)#1,769

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.

Sherlyn in 2009

girls
#545
556 births · 1 in 3,304 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #545Sherlyn556
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 3,304 of them was named Sherlyn, which outranked 97.3% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherlyn
  1. #542Anne557
  2. #542Jaelynn557
  3. #542Madalynn557
  4. #545Sherlyn556
  5. #545Janessa556
  6. #545Saniya556
  7. #548Heather555
  8. #548Linda555
  9. #548Sylvia555

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →