Sherlyn — #1976 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sherlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,880 babies named Sherlyn between 1936 and 2024, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherlyn currently holds the #1976 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 887 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherlyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,670 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Sherlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,729 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherlyn in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherlyn 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 8,880 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.