Sherilyn
Sherilyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 747th, in 1946.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1946120 births
- Best rank
- #747in 1946
- Since 1933
- 3,930people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,930 girls have been named Sherilyn in the United States since 1933, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1946, with 120 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1950s alone account for 23%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sherilyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 55 | |
| 1940s | 637 | |
| 1950s | 917 | |
| 1960s | 861 | |
| 1970s | 510 | |
| 1980s | 424 | |
| 1990s | 269 | |
| 2000s | 143 | |
| 2010s | 89 | |
| 2020s | 25 |
In 1946, its biggest year
Sherilyn was the 747th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1946 were Mary, Linda, Patricia, Barbara and Carol. See all of 1946.
Names that rose and fell with Sherilyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Diannapeak 1957
- Dianapeak 1957
- Shelapeak 1950
- Nancipeak 1953
- Carenpeak 1957
- Bonnipeak 1964
- Dreamapeak 1958
- Tonipeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.