Sherlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHER-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,458 for girls
Sherlyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,458th for girls in the US (72 babies).
Where does Sherlyn come from?
Modern: blend of Sheryl and Lyn
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sherlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Sherlyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sherlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,458th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 72 about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were named Sherlyn, making it the 2,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,373rd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 887 girls. It first appears in the records in 1936.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Sherlyn than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Sherlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were given Sherlyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,026, up from #2,458 for this spelling alone.
- Sherlyn 72
- Sherlin 5
Sherlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,458 |
| 2024 | 101 | #1,955 |
| 2023 | 121 | #1,699 |
| 2022 | 145 | #1,497 |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,630 |
| 2020 | 158 | #1,373 |
| 2019 | 159 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 147 | #1,488 |
| 2017 | 216 | #1,148 |
| 2016 | 227 | #1,117 |
| 2015 | 222 | #1,139 |
| 2014 | 305 | #891 |
| 2013 | 423 | #674 |
| 2012 | 445 | #641 |
| 2011 | 302 | #866 |
| 2010 | 472 | #624 |
| 2009 | 556 | #545 |
| 2008 | 465 | #658 |
| 2007 | 476 | #627 |
| 2006 | 887 | #367 |
| 2005 | 377 | #725 |
| 2004 | 487 | #579 |
| 2003 | 261 | #911 |
| 2002 | 82 | #2,078 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 33 | #2,307 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,296 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,855 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,012 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,952 |
| 1965 | 52 | #1,547 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,835 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,737 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,806 |
| 1961 | 41 | #1,787 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,952 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,642 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,587 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,412 |
| 1955 | 53 | #1,370 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,376 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,472 |
| 1952 | 45 | #1,438 |
| 1951 | 60 | #1,202 |
| 1950 | 68 | #1,113 |
| 1949 | 55 | #1,219 |
| 1948 | 56 | #1,208 |
| 1947 | 53 | #1,237 |
| 1946 | 60 | #1,100 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,698 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,544 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
Names like Sherlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jazlyn, Scarlett, Raelynn, Brooklyn, Myla, Camryn, Jocelyn, Scotlyn, Jordyn, Gracelynn, Londyn, Eden
Other spellings of Sherlyn
Names related to Sherlyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, 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, “Sherlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sherlyn, updated 20 October 2026.