Sherilyn — #12241 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sherilyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,930 babies named Sherilyn between 1933 and 2024, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherilyn currently holds the #12241 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 120 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherilyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 917 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Sherilyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 479 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherilyn in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherilyn 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 3,930 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.