Sheralyn — girls' name
580 babies named Sheralyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Sheralyn was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Sheralyn in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheralyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 580 babies named Sheralyn between 1940 and 1993, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheralyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheralyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sheralyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheralyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheralyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 580 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sheralyn at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheralyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1940
- Peak year (1956)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
580 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 24 births in a single year.
Sheralyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 150 births that decade — 26% of Sheralyn's all-time total
Sheralyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 150 births
- Runner-up 132 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Sheralyn's strongest decade
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Sheralyn by state
Where Sheralyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 580 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 0.9% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1940–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.