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How popular is “Sherley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sherley” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sherley” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sherley” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sherley” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sherley” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sherley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sherley” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 6 8 -14%
1917 17 0.000008471 6 11 -29%
1918 28 0.000012897 13 15 -7%
1919 16 0.000007582 6 10 -25%
1920 21 0.000009281 6 15 -43%
1921 16 0.000006854 6 10 -25%
1922 22 0.000009611 9 13 -18%
1923 20 0.000008686 11 9 10%
1924 15 0.000006298 9 6 20%
1925 21 0.000009 12 9 14%
1926 23 0.000010018 15 8 30%
1927 20 0.000008623 10 10 0%
1928 21 0.000009288 14 7 33%
1929 21 0.00000958 12 9 14%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 100%
1931 20 0.000009504 10 10 0%
1932 13 0.000006157 7 6 8%
1933 20 0.000010003 12 8 20%
1934 34 0.000016371 24 10 41%
1935 28 0.000013398 18 10 29%
1936 37 0.000017809 20 17 8%
1937 35 0.000016427 24 11 37%
1938 22 0.000009943 12 10 9%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 100%
1940 22 0.000009554 16 6 45%
1941 32 0.000013134 26 6 63%
1942 25 0.000009151 18 7 44%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 100%
1944 22 0.000008178 15 7 36%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 100%
1947 30 0.000008328 30 100%
1948 26 0.000007531 21 5 62%
1949 20 0.000005739 15 5 50%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 100%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 100%
1964 14 0.000003601 14 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2003 15 0.000003945 15 100%
2004 25 0.000006543 25 100%
2005 17 0.000004422 17 100%
2006 16 0.000004044 16 100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 100%
2008 18 0.000004579 18 100%
2009 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 100%

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  2. Sherlee
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  5. Sherlene
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  10. Sherline
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