How Many People Are Named Sherley?
people named Sherley are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 393,761 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,502 babies named Sherley in Social Security records from 1910 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SHIRLEY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sherley in English. Counting Sherley and these spellings together, about 3,090 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sherley, 96.8% were girls and 3.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Sherley rose from 52% in the 1920s to 100% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sherley alive today is about 49 years old, and 40% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 26 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sherley first appears in the records in 1910 and was given most often in 1936, to 37 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1910 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Sherley has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,544, in 1934. Among boys, its best rank was #1,717, in 1936.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,544 (1934) | #1,717 (1936) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,997 in the 1940s | #2,841 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sherley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sherley were born in New York than in any other state: about 74 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sherley was given about 7.6 times as often in New York.
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