Sherly

Peak · girls
2008 · 50 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,062
since 1952

Sherly over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sherly has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,316, 2008girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#8,36212
2024#6,16719
2023#4,65529
2022#6,70717
2021#7,63014
2020#6,32518
2019#7,71614
2018#6,24819
2017#8,77612
2016#7,60215
2015#9,48111
2014#8,05314
2013#6,25520
2012#5,11427
2011#5,35825
2010#5,41425
2009#5,22627
2008#3,31650
2007#3,91840
2006#4,46332
2005#4,19533
2004#3,81937
2003#4,03433
2002#4,38128
2001#4,83424
2000#8,02712
1999#5,03921
1998#9,2609
1997#7,28312
1996#5,77116
1995#6,25714
1994#6,31914
1993#8,7199
1992#8,7349
1991#13,1475
1990#5,54916
1989#6,16013
1988#8,3918
1987#8,7787
1986#7,1349
1985#9,3076
1984#6,8109
1983#5,82411
1982#4,16718
1981#6,32310
1980#6,7899
1979—
1978#6,9488
1977—
1976#9,2845
1975#4,85412
1974#5,7769
1973#5,19110
1972#4,52312
1971#5,5439
1970#4,24613
1969#5,4568
1968#4,00012
1967#3,34015
1966—
1965#3,40214
1964#4,09611
1963#3,45814
1962#3,78212
1961#4,23910
1960#5,6966
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1958#3,92510
1957#3,48912
1956#4,8377
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1954#4,6557
1953#3,9559
1952#5,5635
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First appearance
1952

The first year at least five girls were named Sherly! It came in at #5,563, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1955, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Sherly is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Sherly in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Sherly
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,195 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #8,362)
  • 2,037 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #8,362)
  • 1,119 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #8,362)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1952
  • Peaked 2008 at #3,316 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 37,819
  • Highest: 1 in 37,819 girls born in 2008 were named Sherly (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 29.8% of all girls named Sherly (316) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s50#3,489 (1957)#4,404
1960s102#3,340 (1967)#4,163
1970s78#4,246 (1970)#5,796
1980s100#4,167 (1982)#6,968
1990s125#5,039 (1999)#7,608
2000s316#3,316 (2008)#4,621
2010s182#5,114 (2012)#7,002
2020s109#4,655 (2023)#6,641

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.

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