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.

Sherly

#6,780 most common girls' name of all time · #11,409 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1952–2025

Rank among girls
#6,780
Rank overall
#11,409 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
1,062
Since 2016
169
Peak year
2008 #3,331
Best rank
#3,331 2008
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
1960198020002020

Sherly first appears in 1952. 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
2025 12 — 12 #8,458
2024 19 — 19 #6,227
2023 29 — 29 #4,681
2022 17 — 17 #6,771
2021 14 — 14 #7,697
2020 18 — 18 #6,395
2019 14 — 14 #7,803
2018 19 — 19 #6,314
2017 12 — 12 #8,889
2016 15 — 15 #7,683
2015 11 — 11 #9,598
2014 14 — 14 #8,138
2013 20 — 20 #6,293
2012 27 — 27 #5,146
2011 25 — 25 #5,407
2010 25 — 25 #5,464
2009 27 — 27 #5,264
2008 50 — 50 #3,331
2007 40 — 40 #3,936
2006 32 — 32 #4,494
2005 33 — 33 #4,218
2004 37 — 37 #3,847
2003 33 — 33 #4,059
2002 28 — 28 #4,411
2001 24 — 24 #4,877
2000 12 — 12 #8,143
1999 21 — 21 #5,097
1998 9 — 9 #9,443
1997 12 — 12 #7,402
1996 16 — 16 #5,863
1995 14 — 14 #6,367
1994 14 — 14 #6,425
1993 9 — 9 #8,904
1992 9 — 9 #8,924
1991 5 — 5 #13,620
1990 16 — 16 #5,643
1989 13 — 13 #6,275
1988 8 — 8 #8,621
1987 7 — 7 #9,088
1986 9 — 9 #7,345
1985 6 — 6 #9,683
1984 9 — 9 #7,012
1983 11 — 11 #5,965
1982 18 — 18 #4,255
1981 10 — 10 #6,487
1980 9 — 9 #7,018
1978 8 — 8 #7,213
1976 5 — 5 #9,807
1975 12 — 12 #4,997
1974 9 — 9 #5,986
1973 10 — 10 #5,379
1972 12 — 12 #4,678
1971 9 — 9 #5,775
1970 13 — 13 #4,402
1969 8 — 8 #5,744
1968 12 — 12 #4,153
1967 15 — 15 #3,441
1965 14 — 14 #3,515
1964 11 — 11 #4,289
1963 14 — 14 #3,611
1962 12 — 12 #3,969
1961 10 — 10 #4,487
1960 6 — 6 #6,183
1958 10 — 10 #4,161
1957 12 — 12 #3,677
1956 7 — 7 #5,263
1954 7 — 7 #5,108
1953 9 — 9 #4,217
1952 5 — 5 #6,376