Sherilyn

Where Sherilyn comes from

Sherilyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1933
    First appearance
    #3,753 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Peak, #743
    120 babies named Sherilyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1965
    Sherilyn Fenn born
    American actress and author
  4. 1969
    Sherilyn Peace Garnett born
    American judge
  5. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,586.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Sherilyn Fenn · American actress and author, born 1965
  • Sherilyn Peace Garnett · American judge, born 1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.