Sharyl — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sharyl

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,631 babies named Sharyl between 1937 and 1998, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharyl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 131 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharyl performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 944 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sharyl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 301 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharyl in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharyl 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 2,631 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.