girls:
8.8k births since 1936
#1736 (70th percentile)
boys:
8 births since 2006
#4578 (0th percentile)
overall:
8.8k births since 1936
#2884 (63rd percentile)
The name Sherlyn is the #2,884 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,787 recorded births since 1936. This represents the 62.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,736 (69.6% percentile) for all time with 8,779 births since 1936. For boys, it ranks #4,578 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 8 births since 2006.
Sherlyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1936 (1936 for girls and 2006 for boys). Birth data for Sherlyn is available in 86 out of the 88 years between 1936 and 2023 (86 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sherlyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Sherlyn reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 63.6% percentile (ranked #352) with 424 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 424 births per million (ranked 63.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2011, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Sherlyn ranks #832 for girls (12.2% percentile) with 69 births per million, which is 16.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sherlyn reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #872) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sherlyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sherlyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.0% confident that Sherlyn is pronounced as SHER-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHER-luhn, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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