Sherlon — girls' name
99 babies named Sherlon in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
99 girls have been named Sherlon since 1938, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1974.
- 99
- total births
- 1938–1974
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Sherlon was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Sherlon in 1948 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sherlon
The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Sherlon between 1938 and 1974, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherlon currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherlon performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sherlon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sherlon 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 99 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.
Sherlon at a glance
Last recorded 1974Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sherlon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1938
- Peak year (1948)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1974.
99 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1948 with 10 births in a single year.
Sherlon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 31 births that decade — 31% of Sherlon's all-time total
Sherlon decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Sherlon's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% 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, 1938–1974 (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.