Sherlin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHER-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Sherlin is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Sherlin come from?
Modern: blend of Sher- (as in Sheryl or Shirley) and -lyn
Is Sherlin a girl's or a boy's name?
Sherlin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sherlin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Sherlin, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 121 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
2025 had fewer girls named Sherlin than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Sherlin in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were given Sherlin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,026, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
- Sherlyn 72
- Sherlin 5
Sherlin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,691 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 55 | #3,083 |
| 2007 | 81 | #2,348 |
| 2006 | 121 | #1,722 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,283 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,953 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
Names like Sherlin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brynlee, Aylin, Braelynn, Jazlyn, Brooklyn, Skylynn, Miley, Gracelynn, Rowan, Raelynn, Brylee
Other spellings of Sherlin
Names related to Sherlin
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Sherlin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sherlin, updated 20 October 2026.