first name
SHERILYN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,621 people named Sherilyn, 72.3% reported their origin as White, 9.5% as Black and 8.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sherilyn peaked in 1946, when 120 babies got the name.
At least 3,930 babies have been given the name since 1933. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Sherilyn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,758. The largest share of babies named Sherilyn, 45.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sherilyn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sherilyn has been most common in Hawaii (12×), California (3.5×), and Utah (3.3×), and least common in Ohio (0.5×).
1,355 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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2 other first names also have 3,621 people.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sherilyn, most common first.
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