Sherlee — girls' name
24 babies named Sherlee in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
24 girls have been named Sherlee since 1926, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1951.
- 24
- total births
- 1926–1951
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Sherlee was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Sherlee in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sherlee
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Sherlee between 1926 and 1951, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherlee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherlee performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sherlee shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sherlee 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 24 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.
Sherlee at a glance
Last recorded 1951Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sherlee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1926
- Peak year (1926)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1951.
24 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 7 births in a single year.
Sherlee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 13 births that decade — 54% of Sherlee's all-time total
Sherlee decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Sherlee's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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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, 1926–1951 (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.