Sherlyn Girl
How popular is Sherlyn?
#2,458 girl name in 2025
72 baby girls were named Sherlyn in the US in 2025, making it the 2458th most popular girl name.
Sherlyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,458 for girls (▼ 503 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 72 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-68% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,139 in 2015, #1,373 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (887 girls) |
| Highest rank | #367 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1936 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sherlyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sherlyn family of names ranked #1,841 for girls in 2025 (#1,434 the year before), with 77 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sherlyn | 72 | 94% |
| Sherlin | 5 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sherlyn is most popular
Babies named Sherlyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (95 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (95 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 girls)
Sherlyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 19 | #2,920 |
| 1940s | 313 | #1,100 |
| 1950s | 506 | #1,113 |
| 1960s | 393 | #1,547 |
| 1970s | 187 | #2,307 |
| 1980s | 119 | #4,516 |
| 1990s | 104 | #4,665 |
| 2000s | 3,670 | #367 |
| 2010s | 2,918 | #624 |
| 2020s | 725 | #1,373 |
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Questions
- Is Sherlyn a boy or girl name?
- Sherlyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sherlyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Sherlyn?
- 72 baby girls were named Sherlyn in the US in 2025, making it the 2458th most popular girl name.
- When was Sherlyn most popular?
- Sherlyn peaked in 2006, when 887 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #367 in 2006.
- How many people are named Sherlyn?
- 8,962 babies have been named Sherlyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,631 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Sherlyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sherlyn was most common in New Jersey, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.