Sharla

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births

Peak · girls
1972 · 241 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,444
since 1932

Sharla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sharla has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #635, 1972girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024#8,44312
2023
2022#9,05611
2021#13,4646
2020#12,1427
2019#12,4487
2018
2017#9,94310
2016#8,39313
2015#10,8669
2014#9,51711
2013#9,61211
2012#13,4837
2011#12,1538
2010#7,51316
2009#8,05815
2008#7,74216
2007#6,32321
2006#7,48216
2005#11,8348
2004#6,76817
2003#9,04811
2002#6,69816
2001#6,61916
2000#6,48716
1999#6,19116
1998#4,63623
1997#7,28312
1996#4,58322
1995#4,21724
1994#3,70429
1993#2,93840
1992#3,50331
1991#2,24258
1990#1,89274
1989#2,37149
1988#2,01159
1987#1,64774
1986#1,60274
1985#1,42489
1984#1,205108
1983#1,29594
1982#1,138123
1981#1,181112
1980#1,097126
1979#1,120120
1978#913155
1977#987138
1976#811171
1975#778181
1974#730195
1973#729193
1972#635241
1971#682225
1970#748197
1969#814159
1968#707190
1967#763166
1966#740178
1965#700198
1964#797171
1963#823160
1962#794172
1961#840158
1960#904136
1959#821156
1958#955117
1957#910125
1956#1,016101
1955#1,13078
1954#1,02092
1953#98195
1952#1,11971
1951#1,13368
1950#1,10969
1949#1,21056
1948#1,29850
1947#1,31848
1946#1,37640
1945#1,21343
1944#1,57827
1943#1,83422
1942#1,59227
1941#1,38431
1940#1,84519
1939#1,73120
1938#2,22514
1937#2,73510
1936#2,8579
1935#2,9269
1934#3,8026
1933#4,2185
1932#3,5687
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First appearance
1932

The first year at least five girls were named Sharla! It came in at #3,568, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2018, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Sharla is popular in 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,059 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,575 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedSDIowa: #459 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,471 girlsIAIndiana: #678 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,681 girlsINOhio: #731 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,308 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #912 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 13,345 girlsCAUtah: #264 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,320 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedDEArizona: #414 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,572 girlsAZNew Mexico: #381 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,306 girlsNMKansas: #459 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,968 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #349 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,290 girlsOKLouisiana: #651 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,342 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sharla, so not publishedHITexas: #365 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 2,352 girlsTXFlorida: #648 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,029 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#264 · 1 in 1,320
  2. Oklahoma#349 · 1 in 2,290
  3. Texas#365 · 1 in 2,352
  4. New Mexico#381 · 1 in 2,306
  5. Arizona#414 · 1 in 2,572

Best ever in a state: #156 in Montana, 1968.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#26481 in 1,320
Oklahoma#34991 in 2,290
Texas#365471 in 2,352
New Mexico#38151 in 2,306
Arizona#41461 in 2,572
Iowa#45951 in 5,471
Kansas#45951 in 3,968
Florida#64871 in 7,029
Louisiana#65161 in 6,342
Indiana#67851 in 9,681
Ohio#73181 in 12,308
California#912131 in 13,345
Illinois#1,05951 in 20,575
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sharla
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,474 spots since 2024 (#8,443#10,917)
  • 1,225 spots since 2020 (#12,142#10,917)
  • 51 spots since 2015 (#10,866#10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 138 spots in 1953 (#1,119#981)
  • Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1979 (#913#1,120)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1932
  • Peaked 1972 at #635 (241 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1957–1978
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,312
  • Highest: 1 in 6,312 girls born in 1972 were named Sharla (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 28.2% of all girls named Sharla (1,816) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s80#1,731 (1939)#3,008
1940s363#1,210 (1949)#1,465
1950s972#821 (1959)#1,019
1960s1,688#700 (1965)#788
1970s1,816#635 (1972)#813
1980s908#1,097 (1980)#1,497
1990s329#1,892 (1990)#4,119
2000s152#6,323 (2007)#7,706
2010s92#7,513 (2010)#10,436
2020s44#8,443 (2024)#10,804

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sharla in 1962

girls
#794
172 births · 1 in 11,434 girls

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #794Sharla172
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 11,434 of them was named Sharla, which outranked 89.5% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sharla
  1. #789Kandy173
  2. #789Louann173
  3. #789Tiffany173
  4. #794Sharla172
  5. #794Aurora172
  6. #794Carolina172
  7. #794Marva172
  8. #798Fannie171
  9. #798Letha171
  10. #798Roseanne171

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 1,281Tiffany#2,070#789
  2. 879Whitney#1,627#748
  3. 541Zina#1,533#992
  4. 414Glynis#1,406#992
  5. 408Lolita#978#570
Fallers
  1. 300Fern#821#1,121
  2. 259Jacklyn#815#1,074
  3. 255Dorthy#929#1,184
  4. 224Laurene#943#1,167
  5. 215Jimmie#911#1,126

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1962