Sherlin — #12285 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sherlin

The Social Security Administration has registered 769 babies named Sherlin between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherlin currently holds the #12285 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 121 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherlin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 517 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sherlin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 122 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherlin in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherlin 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 769 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.