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Sherlyn

#2,480 in 2025Girls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Sherlyn has been given to 8,962 babies in the U.S. since 1936. In 2025 it ranked #2,480 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 887 recorded.

Babies named Sherlyn, 2025

1 in 46,000

Sherlyn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02505007501K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sherlyn: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Sherlyn means

Sherlyn is a modern given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

20th-century coinage from Sheryl / Sheri + Lyn.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Sherlyn (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Sherlyn is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Sherlyn is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,954 girls were recorded with the name Sherlyn between 1936 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 887 in 2006; its best national rank was #367 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,387 in 2020 to #2,480 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,143 in 2015 to #2,480 in 2025.

In the United States, 8 boys were recorded with the name Sherlyn between 2006 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2006; its best national rank was #9,430 in 2006.

How common is Sherlyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 46,000
72 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 22,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,480
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
31,916 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sherlyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 31,916 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sherlyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sherlyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sherlyn was born before 2008 — so the typical Sherlyn is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
41.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,622
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 41.0% of all recorded uses (3,670).

Is Sherlyn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−515
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,093
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,337
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.32×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.1%
Peak was 2006 (887)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#367
2006

Spellings of Sherlyn

Sherlyn is not the most common spelling — Sherry is, with 49.5% against Sherlyn's 1.9%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Sherlyn is used

Across 2016–2025, Sherlyn was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 4,545 girls, against 1 in 9,105 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

122 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 4,545
  2. 2New York1 in 5,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 6,667
  4. 4California1 in 7,143
  5. 5Florida1 in 7,692
  6. 6Maryland1 in 10,000
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 11,111
  8. 8Georgia1 in 14,286

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Sherlyn around the world

Where Sherlyn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2012–2021
    #5,581
    in 2021
  • France
    2009–2013
    #6,671
    in 2013
  • Canada
    2013–2015
    #3,185
    in 2015

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Sherlyn

People whose public names include Sherlyn, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Sherlyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,480
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,093
Best rank ever
#367
2006
Peak year
2006
887 that year
First recorded
1936
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,954
Count in 2025
72

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,430
2006
Peak year
2006
8 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2006
All-time count
8
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Sherlyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ShealynSherilynSheilynShelbieSheralynSheridanShelbiEmmalynAddilynShellieSherrieBraelynSheylaSherrilynKarolynSheenaRoselynJerilynKathlynJacklynJoselynJazzlynSherrylSherita

Names with a curve like Sherlyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Sherlyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KaydenKadenceSaniyaJaylynnKimoraSaniyahNataleeSanaaJaniyaCayleeZionCadence

Sibling names for Sherlyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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