Sherley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHUR-lee
- Origin
- English
Sherley is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “bright clearing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sherley mean?
English: variant of Shirley, from an English place name
“bright clearing”
Variant of Shirley, which became a girl's name after Charlotte Brontë's 1849 novel Shirley.
Is Sherley a girl's or a boy's name?
Sherley is a girls' name.
How popular is Sherley in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1947, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the girls named Sherley in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 71% of the babies named Sherley in the US in 1934, and 81% in 1941.
Sherley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,211 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 21 | #2,125 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,751 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,873 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,702 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,045 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,538 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,539 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,691 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
Names like Sherley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sherley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sherley, updated 20 October 2026.