Sharryn — girls' name
47 babies named Sharryn in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1945. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
47 girls have been named Sharryn since 1940, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1958.
- 47
- total births
- 1940–1958
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 89%
- born in that decade
89% of everyone ever named Sharryn was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Sharryn in 1945 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharryn
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Sharryn between 1940 and 1958, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharryn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1945, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharryn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sharryn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharryn 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 47 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.
Sharryn at a glance
Last recorded 1958Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharryn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1940
- Peak year (1945)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1958.
47 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1945 with 10 births in a single year.
Sharryn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 42 births that decade — 89% of Sharryn's all-time total
Sharryn decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Sharryn's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 89% of all-time use.
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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, 1940–1958 (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.