# Sherlyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sherlyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,962 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8 / 8,954 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 302 | 867 |
| 2012 | 445 | 641 |
| 2013 | 423 | 675 |
| 2014 | 305 | 892 |
| 2015 | 222 | 1,143 |
| 2016 | 227 | 1,117 |
| 2017 | 216 | 1,151 |
| 2018 | 147 | 1,495 |
| 2019 | 159 | 1,413 |
| 2020 | 158 | 1,387 |
| 2021 | 128 | 1,637 |
| 2022 | 145 | 1,502 |
| 2023 | 121 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 101 | 1,965 |
| 2025 | 72 | 2,480 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | 9,436 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.