Sherlyn
Sherlyn was the 2480th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 367th with 887 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,337 places. More babies were named Sherlyn in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,480 girls, down 1,093 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 72girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2006887 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,962babies recorded
Sherlyn popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 8 since 2006.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,480 | 72 |
| 2020 | #1,387 | 158 |
| 2010 | #624 | 472 |
| 2000 | #5,128 | 23 |
| 1990 | #7,240 | 12 |
| 1980 | #4,706 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,347 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,975 | 34 |
| 1950 | #1,122 | 68 |
| 1940 | #3,816 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Sherlyn, counting every spelling?
Sherlyn is the most common spelling of a name family that had 77 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 77 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherlyn | 72 | #2,480 | 567 |
| Sherlin | 5 | #16,910 | 34 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sherlyn?
72 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sherlyn (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sherlyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 116 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sherlyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sherlyn?
About 8,600 people born in the US named Sherlyn are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 13 and 22. That makes Sherlyn mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sherlyn by state
How common Sherlyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (2.5×), New York (1.8×), Texas (1.7×), California (1.6×). In 39 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sherlyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sherlyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sherlyn
How popular is the name Sherlyn?
Sherlyn was the 2480th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 367th with 887 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,337 places. More babies were named Sherlyn in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Sherlyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sherlyn in the US.
Where is Sherlyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sherlyn was most common in New Jersey (0.17 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Texas.