Sharla — #8464 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sharla

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,436 babies named Sharla between 1932 and 2024, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharla currently holds the #8464 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 241 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharla performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,816 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Sharla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,192 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharla in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharla 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 6,436 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.