Sharel — girls' name
337 babies named Sharel in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Sharel was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Sharel in 1953 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharel
The Social Security Administration has registered 337 babies named Sharel between 1938 and 2007, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharel performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Sharel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 337 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sharel at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1938
- Peak year (1953)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
337 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 15 births in a single year.
Sharel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 87 births that decade — 26% of Sharel's all-time total
Sharel decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Sharel's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1938–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.