Sharol — #15476 US girls' name
1,015 babies named Sharol in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Sharol was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Sharol in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharol
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,015 babies named Sharol between 1934 and 2024, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharol currently holds the #15476 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 46 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharol performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 353 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Sharol shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 65 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharol in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharol 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 1,015 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.
Sharol at a glance
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Current rank
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Sharol popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1934
- Peak year (1949)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
Currently ranks #15476 among girls.
1,015 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 46 births in a single year.
Sharol by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 353 births that decade — 35% of Sharol's all-time total
Sharol decade highlights
- Peak decade 353 births
- Runner-up 322 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Sharol's strongest decade
353 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Sharol by state
Where Sharol concentrates geographically — total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 65 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Iowa | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 0.5% |
65 of 1,015 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.4% of nationwide
- Iowa 1.1% of nationwide
- Minnesota 0.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.5% of nationwide
- Texas 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.4% 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, 1934–2024 (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.