Sheryn — girls' name
341 babies named Sheryn in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Sheryn was born in this single decade.
49 babies were named Sheryn in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheryn
The Social Security Administration has registered 341 babies named Sheryn between 1939 and 1973, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheryn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 49 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheryn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sheryn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheryn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheryn 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 341 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.
Sheryn at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheryn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1939
- Peak year (1947)
- 49
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
341 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 49 births in a single year.
Sheryn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 167 births that decade — 49% of Sheryn's all-time total
Sheryn decade highlights
- Peak decade 167 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Sheryn's strongest decade
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Sheryn by state
Where Sheryn concentrates geographically — total births since 1939
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 7 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 1.8% |
22 of 341 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1939–1973 (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.