Sherly
- #8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 2008 · 50 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,062since 1952
Sherly over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sherly has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 |
| 2023 | #4,655 | 29 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 |
| 2007 | #3,918 | 40 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 |
| 2005 | #4,195 | 33 |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
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| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
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| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
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| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 50 | #3,489 (1957) | #4,404 |
| 1960s | 102 | #3,340 (1967) | #4,163 |
| 1970s | 78 | #4,246 (1970) | #5,796 |
| 1980s | 100 | #4,167 (1982) | #6,968 |
| 1990s | 125 | #5,039 (1999) | #7,608 |
| 2000s | 316 | #3,316 (2008) | #4,621 |
| 2010s | 182 | #5,114 (2012) | #7,002 |
| 2020s | 109 | #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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