Girls' name · since 1950
Sharl
Since 1950, U.S. Social Security records show 52 babies named Sharl, peaking in 1961. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1950
- 1960s
- peak decade
52 girls have been named Sharl since 1950, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sharl has 52 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1969.
- #34,659 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 1950
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharl ranks #34,659 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 1950, peaking in the 1960s.
- #34,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1950
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sharl's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sharl's full recorded timeline at 1962, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1961 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sharl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1969
- Peak year (1961)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Sharl by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (34 births, 65% of the file).
1960s was Sharl's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Sharl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
18 births
- 1960s
1960s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 34 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sharl: 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 (~19 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, 1950–1969 (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 Sharl 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.