Sherrilyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sherrilyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 691 babies named Sherrilyn between 1939 and 2006, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherrilyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherrilyn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 216 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sherrilyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sherrilyn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherrilyn 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 691 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.