How rare is the name Sherlyn?

5,919 people in the United States have the first name Sherlyn, about 1 in 51,027. It ranks #3,498 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SHERLYN

#3,498

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,919
About
1 in 51,027
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,919 people named Sherlyn, 71.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% as White and 6.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sherlyn peaked in 2006, when 895 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19362025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
895
In 2025*
72 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,962 babies have been given the name since 1936. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sherlyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,338. The largest share of babies named Sherlyn, 55%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#8,93119
1940s#2,644313
1950s#2,389506
1960s#2,979393
1970s#5,590187
1980s#8,970119
1990s#12,661104
2000s#1,3383,678
2010s#1,7052,918
2020s#3,127725
Silent Generation 1928–451.2%
Baby boom 1946–6410.4%
Generation X 1965–804.4%
Millennials 1981–962%
Generation Z 1997–1255%
2013 and later27%

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 Sherlyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sherlyn has been most common in Nevada (4.1×), Arizona (3.3×), and Texas (2.8×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.16×).

6,511 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.

Either side of Sherlyn

#3,496 Oliva · 5,926#3,497 Yuan · 5,921#3,499 Salome · 5,918#3,500 Vivek · 5,917

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sherlyn, most common first.

#4,920 Sherilyn · 3,621#9,092 Sharilyn · 1,557#9,920 Sharlyn · 1,371#10,848 Sharolyn · 1,208#13,975 Sherlene · 852#14,701 Sherlin · 797#17,498 Sherrilyn · 629#17,946 Sherline · 606

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