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.

Sherley*

#5,380 most common girls' name of all time · #9,118 across all names · 18% male / 82% female · used 1910–2023 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#5,380
Rank overall
#9,118 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
1,502
Since 2016
24
Peak year
1936 #1,726
Best rank
#1,549 1934
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
192019401960198020002020

Sherley first appears in 1910. 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
2023 7 7 #12,272
2017 11 11 #9,388
2016 6 6 #14,451
2015 5 5 #16,565
2014 5 5 #16,671
2013 5 5 #16,696
2011 11 11 #9,771
2010 10 10 #10,518
2009 11 11 #10,026
2008 18 18 #7,113
2007 13 13 #9,046
2006 16 16 #7,516
2005 17 17 #6,843
2004 25 25 #5,082
2003 15 15 #7,243
2002 10 10 #9,539
2001 16 16 #6,657
2000 11 11 #8,583
1999 16 16 #6,220
1998 7 7 #11,231
1997 12 12 #7,332
1996 11 11 #7,631
1995 17 17 #5,471
1994 8 8 #9,650
1993 8 8 #9,645
1992 8 8 #9,585
1991 12 12 #7,039
1990 11 11 #7,375
1989 14 14 #5,898
1988 15 15 #5,373
1987 10 10 #6,864
1986 12 12 #5,809
1985 10 10 #6,524
1984 10 10 #6,363
1983 9 9 #6,793
1982 14 14 #4,985
1981 10 10 #6,390
1980 8 8 #7,519
1979 6 6 #9,132
1977 5 5 #9,841
1976 8 8 #6,713
1974 8 8 #6,364
1973 7 7 #6,795
1972 9 9 #5,565
1971 8 8 #6,103
1970 9 9 #5,503
1969 10 10 #4,791
1968 6 6 #6,385
1967 13 13 #3,718
1966 9 9 #4,594
1965 6 6 #5,979
1964 14 14 #3,571
1963 12 12 #3,862
1962 15 15 #3,342
1961 10 10 #4,323
1960 15 15 #3,257
1959 14 14 #3,306
1958 10 10 #4,013
1957 9 9 #4,296
1956 12 12 #3,573
1955 12 12 #3,455
1954 7 7 #4,795
1953 12 12 #3,364
1952 18 18 #2,543
1951 12 12 #3,184
1950 20 20 #2,218
1949 15 5 20 #2,668
1948 21 5 26 #2,162
1947 30 30 #1,771
1946 16 16 #2,437
1945 20 20 #1,910
1944 15 7 22 #2,354
1943 25 25 #1,736
1942 18 7 25 #2,090
1941 26 6 32 #1,562
1940 16 6 22 #2,085
1939 12 12 #2,516
1938 12 10 22 #2,527
1937 24 11 35 #1,568
1936 20 17 37 #1,726
1935 18 10 28 #1,892
1934 24 10 34 #1,549
1933 12 8 20 #2,488
1932 7 6 13 #3,719
1931 10 10 20 #2,879
1930 18 18 #2,002
1929 12 9 21 #2,679
1928 14 7 21 #2,463
1927 10 10 20 #3,183
1926 15 8 23 #2,436
1925 12 9 21 #2,880
1924 9 6 15 #3,540
1923 11 9 20 #3,044
1922 9 13 22 #3,516
1921 6 10 16 #4,687
1920 6 15 21 #4,629
1919 6 10 16 #4,478
1918 13 15 28 #2,637
1917 6 11 17 #4,282
1916 6 8 14 #4,114
1915 6 6
1914 9 9 #2,606
1910 5 5 #2,779