Sharla
Sharla is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 637th, in 1972.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1972241 births
- Best rank
- #637in 1972
- Since 1932
- 6,436people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,436 girls have been named Sharla in the United States since 1932, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1972, with 241 births.
The name has all but left use: 12 births in 2024, against 241 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1970s alone account for 28%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sharla | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 80 | |
| 1940s | 363 | |
| 1950s | 972 | |
| 1960s | 1,688 | |
| 1970s | 1,816 | |
| 1980s | 908 | |
| 1990s | 329 | |
| 2000s | 152 | |
| 2010s | 92 | |
| 2020s | 36 |
In 1972, its biggest year
Sharla was the 637th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1972 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1972.
Names that rose and fell with Sharla
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Melindapeak 1970
- Carinpeak 1970
- Karynpeak 1964
- Marcypeak 1971
- Janeenpeak 1970
- Raneepeak 1971
- Carynpeak 1965
- Rochellpeak 1971
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.