Sharyl
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122
- Peak · girls
- 1945 · 67 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,631since 1937
Sharyl over time
Rank among girls' names. Sharyl has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
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| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
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| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 |
| 1970 | #1,931 | 44 |
| 1969 | #1,370 | 70 |
| 1968 | #1,435 | 62 |
| 1967 | #1,324 | 68 |
| 1966 | #1,072 | 96 |
| 1965 | #1,023 | 104 |
| 1964 | #1,085 | 101 |
| 1963 | #997 | 114 |
| 1962 | #1,126 | 93 |
| 1961 | #943 | 131 |
| 1960 | #1,047 | 105 |
| 1959 | #1,214 | 77 |
| 1958 | #1,095 | 92 |
| 1957 | #1,187 | 79 |
| 1956 | #1,160 | 80 |
| 1955 | #1,275 | 62 |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 |
| 1953 | #1,146 | 71 |
| 1952 | #1,138 | 69 |
| 1951 | #1,038 | 80 |
| 1950 | #1,082 | 72 |
| 1949 | #1,012 | 79 |
| 1948 | #1,105 | 65 |
| 1947 | #929 | 91 |
| 1946 | #1,087 | 61 |
| 1945 | #925 | 67 |
| 1944 | #1,017 | 59 |
| 1943 | #1,006 | 62 |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sharyl! It came in at #3,146, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1990, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sharyl is popular in 1960
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#356 · 1 in 2,893
- Minnesota#385 · 1 in 4,305
- Wisconsin#481 · 1 in 7,489
- Michigan#579 · 1 in 8,028
- California#779 · 1 in 10,156
Best ever in a state: #191 in North Dakota, 1950.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Nebraska | #356 | 5 | 1 in 2,893 |
| Minnesota | #385 | 9 | 1 in 4,305 |
| Wisconsin | #481 | 6 | 1 in 7,489 |
| Michigan | #579 | 11 | 1 in 8,028 |
| California | #779 | 17 | 1 in 10,156 |
| New York | #950 | 9 | 1 in 18,633 |
| Illinois | #956 | 6 | 1 in 17,936 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sharyl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 158 spots in 1947 (#1,087 → #929)
- Biggest drop: 183 spots in 1962 (#943 → #1,126)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1945 at #925 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 27 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1945–1963
- Highest: 1 in 15,408 girls born in 1961 were named Sharyl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #925 in 1945, was only 1 in 19,509 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 35.9% of all girls named Sharyl (944) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 45 | #1,638 (1939) | #2,299 |
| 1940s | 566 | #925 (1945) | #1,199 |
| 1950s | 730 | #1,038 (1951) | #1,178 |
| 1960s | 944 | #943 (1961) | #1,142 |
| 1970s | 230 | #1,931 (1970) | #3,570 |
| 1980s | 102 | #5,222 (1984) | #6,831 |
| 1990s | 14 | #8,588 (1991) | #11,355 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sharyl in 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 19,257 of them was named Sharyl, which outranked 85.7% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,043Johnna106
- #1,043Starr106
- #1,043Thea106
- #1,047Sharyl105
- #1,047Dian105
- #1,047Elissa105
- #1,047Janene105
- #1,052Becki104
- #1,052Catharine104
- #1,052Dalia104
Tied with 4 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.