Sherly — #6198 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sherly

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,050 babies named Sherly between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherly currently holds the #6198 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherly performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 316 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Sherly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherly in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherly 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 1,050 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.