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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #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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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—
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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 2017

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,400 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,257 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedMINew York: #561 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,839 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedORNevada: #533 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,167 girlsNVWyoming: 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: #1,042 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,020 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #640 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,270 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #799 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 4,661 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedUTColorado: #899 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,525 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: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: #894 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,655 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,083 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,014 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,420 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,077 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedSCDistrict 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: #1,165 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,732 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sherlyn, so not publishedHITexas: #916 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 5,329 girlsTXFlorida: #956 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,731 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#533 · 1 in 2,167
  2. New York#561 · 1 in 2,839
  3. New Jersey#640 · 1 in 3,270
  4. California#799 · 1 in 4,661
  5. Maryland#894 · 1 in 4,655

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#53351 in 2,167
New York#561311 in 2,839
New Jersey#640111 in 3,270
California#799421 in 4,661
Maryland#89451 in 4,655
Colorado#89951 in 4,525
Texas#916301 in 5,329
Florida#956151 in 5,731
Indiana#1,04251 in 6,020
Arizona#1,08351 in 6,014
Georgia#1,16571 in 6,732
Illinois#1,40061 in 9,257
North Carolina#1,42051 in 9,077
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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 2017

girls
#1,148
216 births · 1 in 7,993 girls

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #1,148Sherlyn216
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 7,993 of them was named Sherlyn, which outranked 93.8% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sherlyn
  1. #1,141Keily217
  2. #1,141Leela217
  3. #1,141Lindsay217
  4. #1,148Sherlyn216
  5. #1,148Alaysia216
  6. #1,148Beatrix216
  7. #1,148Janae216
  8. #1,152Ally215
  9. #1,152Natalya215
  10. #1,154Briley214

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

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →