Sherley
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · Last seen for boys in 1949 at #3,690
Given to girls 82.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,238since 1910
Sherley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,538 | 26 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Sherley! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sherley is popular in 1910
No state had 5 or more girls named Sherley in 1910, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sherley
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1934 at #1,518 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 43,509 girls born in 1934 were named Sherley (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 16.3% of all girls named Sherley (202) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1922, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 45 | #2,398 (1910) | #3,267 |
| 1920s | 104 | #2,351 (1926) | #3,170 |
| 1930s | 157 | #1,518 (1934) | #2,211 |
| 1940s | 202 | #1,538 (1941) | #2,037 |
| 1950s | 126 | #2,185 (1950) | #3,397 |
| 1960s | 110 | #3,212 (1960) | #4,300 |
| 1970s | 60 | #5,413 (1970) | #6,887 |
| 1980s | 112 | #4,945 (1982) | #6,184 |
| 1990s | 110 | #5,439 (1995) | #8,054 |
| 2000s | 152 | #5,062 (2004) | #7,726 |
| 2010s | 53 | #9,341 (2017) | #13,332 |
| 2020s | 7 | #12,197 (2023) | #12,197 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sherley in 1910
Top girls' names in 1910
More about 1910
girls
396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 79,301 of them was named Sherley, which outranked 14.1% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 392 names at #2,398; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.