Girls' name · since 1938
Sharel
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.
- #14,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 337
- born since 1938
- 1940s
- peak decade
Sharel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 337 have been recorded since 1938.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharel has been recorded 337 times among girls since 1938, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 2007.
- #14,980 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 337 born since 1938
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharel ranks #14,980 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 337 born since 1938, peaking in the 1940s.
- #14,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 337
- born since 1938
- 1940s
- peak decade
Sharel's 337 recorded births place it above 79.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sharel splits its recorded history at 1962: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1939 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1953 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sharel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–2007
- Peak year (1953)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Sharel by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (87 births, 26% of the file).
1940s was Sharel's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Sharel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
87 births
- 1950s
1950s
83 births
- 1960s
1960s
54 births
- 1970s 30
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 87 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Sharel's decade-level peak was the 1940s (87 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sharel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~69 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1938–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sharel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.