Sherly
Sherly is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 190.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200850 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1952
- 1,050people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,050 girls have been named Sherly in the United States since 1952, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 50 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 30%.
By decade
In 2008, its biggest year
Sherly was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2008 were Emma, Isabella, Emily, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Sherly
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maleapeak 2009
- Meliapeak 2006
- Lilipeak 2003
- Anjapeak 2006
- Aixapeak 2007
- Rayleenpeak 2022
- Jaynapeak 2006
- Jacipeak 2005
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.