Girls' name · since 1947
Sherrlyn
51 babies named Sherrlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sherrlyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 51 recorded since 1947.
Sherrlyn has 51 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1963.
- #34,881 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1947
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sherrlyn ranks #34,881 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1947, peaking in the 1950s.
- #34,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sherrlyn's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sherrlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sherrlyn splits its recorded history at 1955: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1955 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sherrlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1963
- Peak year (1947)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Sherrlyn by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (32 births, 63% of the file).
1950s was Sherrlyn's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Sherrlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
32 births
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 32 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Sherrlyn's decade-level peak was the 1950s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sherrlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sherrlyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.