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.

Sherlyn

#1,751 most common girls' name of all time · #3,007 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1936–2025

Rank among girls
#1,751
Rank overall
#3,007 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
8,962
Since 2016
1,474
Peak year
2006 #367
Best rank
#367 2006
Girls Boys peak 895/yr
19401960198020002020

Sherlyn first appears in 1936. 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 72 72 #2,464
2024 101 101 #1,957
2023 121 121 #1,701
2022 145 145 #1,501
2021 128 128 #1,635
2020 158 158 #1,377
2019 159 159 #1,412
2018 147 147 #1,494
2017 216 216 #1,149
2016 227 227 #1,117
2015 222 222 #1,143
2014 305 305 #891
2013 423 423 #675
2012 445 445 #641
2011 302 302 #867
2010 472 472 #624
2009 556 556 #545
2008 465 465 #658
2007 476 476 #627
2006 887 8 895 #367
2005 377 377 #725
2004 487 487 #579
2003 261 261 #912
2002 82 82 #2,088
2001 56 56 #2,673
2000 23 23 #5,018
1999 8 8 #10,496
1998 13 13 #7,183
1997 9 9 #9,153
1995 12 12 #7,149
1994 11 11 #7,703
1993 21 21 #4,723
1992 12 12 #7,159
1991 6 6 #11,770
1990 12 12 #6,951
1989 13 13 #6,244
1988 10 10 #7,235
1987 9 9 #7,492
1986 16 16 #4,786
1985 9 9 #7,086
1984 15 15 #4,813
1983 6 6 #9,271
1982 13 13 #5,308
1981 12 12 #5,665
1980 16 16 #4,592
1979 17 17 #4,303
1978 13 13 #5,029
1977 13 13 #5,014
1976 11 11 #5,334
1975 16 16 #4,021
1974 18 18 #3,619
1973 24 24 #2,870
1972 19 19 #3,322
1971 23 23 #3,003
1970 33 33 #2,337
1969 31 31 #2,331
1968 41 41 #1,874
1967 34 34 #2,030
1966 35 35 #1,971
1965 52 52 #1,557
1964 41 41 #1,853
1963 44 44 #1,747
1962 40 40 #1,825
1961 41 41 #1,803
1960 34 34 #1,976
1959 44 44 #1,668
1958 38 38 #1,783
1957 46 46 #1,606
1956 55 55 #1,429
1955 53 53 #1,380
1954 53 53 #1,390
1953 44 44 #1,489
1952 45 45 #1,452
1951 60 60 #1,212
1950 68 68 #1,122
1949 55 55 #1,235
1948 56 56 #1,221
1947 53 53 #1,253
1946 60 60 #1,106
1945 24 24 #1,736
1944 28 28 #1,575
1943 8 8 #3,760
1942 13 13 #2,659
1941 9 9 #3,230
1940 7 7 #3,829
1939 9 9 #3,135
1938 5 5 #4,905
1936 5 5 #4,846