Shearl — boys' name
10 babies named Shearl in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
10 boys have been named Shearl since 1930, peaking in the 1930s, last recorded in 1960.
- 10
- total births
- 1930–1960
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Shearl was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Shearl in 1930 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shearl
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Shearl between 1930 and 1960, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shearl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Shearl is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1948.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shearl performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shearl shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shearl 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 10 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.
Shearl at a glance
Last recorded 1960Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shearl popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1930
- Peak year (1930)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1960.
10 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1930 with 5 births in a single year.
Shearl popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1948 (Shearl as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Shearl accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shearl by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Shearl's all-time total
Shearl decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Shearl's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1930–1960 (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.