Sherleen — girls' name
174 babies named Sherleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1936, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
174 girls have been named Sherleen since 1936, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2013.
- 174
- total births
- 1936–2013
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Sherleen was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Sherleen in 1950 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sherleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Sherleen between 1936 and 2013, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherleen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherleen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sherleen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sherleen 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 174 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.
Sherleen at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sherleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1936
- Peak year (1950)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
174 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 14 births in a single year.
Sherleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 60 births that decade — 34% of Sherleen's all-time total
Sherleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sherleen's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1936–2013 (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.