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Sherly

100% girls · 12 born in 2025

Sherly has been given to about 1,062 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2008, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 1,033
Median age today23 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Sherly per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2008 · 50
  • Born in 202512
  • All time1,062

How popular is Sherly?

Its best year was 2008, when 50 babies were given the name, ranking 3370th. The typical living American called Sherly is about 23 years old today.

Names that sound like Sherly

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shelly0.88
  2. Sherry0.81
  3. Sherlyn0.79
  4. Shelby0.69
  5. Everly0.68
  6. Sherri0.67
  7. Shirley0.65
  8. Sheri0.67

Middle names for Sherly

Ranked by flow score
  1. Sherly Anne0.81
  2. Sherly Catherine0.78
  3. Sherly Josephine0.78
  4. Sherly Rose0.77
  5. Sherly Marie0.77
  6. Sherly Grace0.77

Sibling names for Sherly

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Misaelbrother · 0.83
  2. Alonsobrother · 0.82
  3. Tracebrother · 0.82
  4. Ilianasister · 0.82
  5. Daliasister · 0.82
  6. Palomasister · 0.82

Where Sherly is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Sherly Anderson0.77
    2. Sherly White0.72
    3. Sherly Nguyen0.72
    4. Sherly Moore0.72
    5. Sherly Hill0.72
    6. Sherly Hall0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Sherly

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.