Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sheralyn

#10,068 most common girls' name of all time · #16,754 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1940–1993

Rank among girls
#10,068
Rank overall
#16,754 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
580
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1956 #2,303
Best rank
#2,273 1947
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
194019601980

Sheralyn first appears in 1940. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1993 6 — 6 #12,022
1992 6 — 6 #11,987
1991 6 — 6 #11,787
1989 6 — 6 #11,145
1987 6 — 6 #10,140
1986 9 — 9 #7,297
1984 8 — 8 #7,583
1983 7 — 7 #8,270
1982 9 — 9 #7,052
1981 6 — 6 #9,399
1980 9 — 9 #6,956
1979 13 — 13 #5,201
1978 5 — 5 #10,103
1977 15 — 15 #4,504
1976 6 — 6 #8,423
1975 11 — 11 #5,286
1974 12 — 12 #4,845
1973 13 — 13 #4,448
1972 7 — 7 #6,796
1971 9 — 9 #5,706
1970 13 — 13 #4,359
1969 15 — 15 #3,698
1968 14 — 14 #3,698
1967 10 — 10 #4,456
1966 12 — 12 #3,850
1965 12 — 12 #3,856
1964 14 — 14 #3,628
1963 18 — 18 #3,028
1962 12 — 12 #3,916
1961 14 — 14 #3,554
1960 11 — 11 #4,089
1959 16 — 16 #3,066
1958 10 — 10 #4,106
1957 17 — 17 #2,901
1956 24 — 24 #2,303
1955 9 — 9 #4,270
1954 18 — 18 #2,672
1953 12 — 12 #3,442
1952 11 — 11 #3,500
1951 14 — 14 #2,914
1950 19 — 19 #2,331
1949 13 — 13 #2,981
1948 11 — 11 #3,329
1947 20 — 20 #2,273
1946 17 — 17 #2,386
1945 14 — 14 #2,451
1944 10 — 10 #3,128
1943 7 — 7 #4,154
1942 10 — 10 #3,186
1941 7 — 7 #3,939
1940 7 — 7 #3,860