Sharyl
Sharyl is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 934th, in 1947.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1961131 births
- Best rank
- #934in 1947
- Since 1937
- 2,631people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,631 girls have been named Sharyl in the United States since 1937, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 131 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 131 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1960s alone account for 36%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1961, its biggest year
Sharyl was the 946th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Sharyl
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ronnapeak 1963
- Konniepeak 1963
- Sheilapeak 1962
- Karenpeak 1957
- Wendapeak 1956
- Sherrypeak 1962
- Brendapeak 1957
- Suzipeak 1961
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.