Names/S

Sherley

girls’ name · 82%boys’ name · 18%FadedCompare

Sherley is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
194730 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1910
1,502people given the name
Babies named Sherley, by year of birthgirlsboys
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,238 girls have been named Sherley in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 30 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 30 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1958, and the 1940s alone account for 16%.

Sherley is used for both sexes: 18% of its bearers are boys (264), most of them born around 1936.

By decade

Decadegirls named Sherley
1910s45
1920s104
1930s157
1940s202
1950s126
1960s110
1970s60
1980s112
1990s110
2000s152
2010s53
2020s7

In 1947, its biggest year

Sherley was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1947 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Sandra. See all of 1947.

Names that rose and fell with Sherley

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.