Sharnell — girls' name
599 babies named Sharnell in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Sharnell was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Sharnell in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharnell
The Social Security Administration has registered 599 babies named Sharnell between 1959 and 2007, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharnell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sharnell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharnell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharnell 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 599 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.
Sharnell at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharnell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1959
- Peak year (1989)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
599 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 31 births in a single year.
Sharnell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 188 births that decade — 31% of Sharnell's all-time total
Sharnell decade highlights
- Peak decade 188 births
- Runner-up 166 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sharnell's strongest decade
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Sharnell by state
Where Sharnell concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 1.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 6 | 1.0% |
10 of 599 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1959–2007 (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.