Sharyn

Where Sharyn comes from

The dictionaries list Sharyn as a given name — a female given name, variant of Sharon — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1931
    First appearance
    #4,331 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1936
    Sharyn Moffett born
    American actress
  3. 1945
    Peak, #241
    768 babies named Sharyn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1948
    Sharyn McCrumb born
    American writer
  5. 1949
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #430.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Sharon.
Namesakes
  • Sharyn McCrumb · American writer, born 1948
  • Sharyn Moffett · American actress, 1936–2021
  • Sharyn Alfonsi · American on-air correspondent and journalist, born 1972
  • Sharyn Hodgson · television actress, born 1968
  • Sharyn Hill · Australian cricketer, born 1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.