Sharalyn
Sharalyn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sharalyn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sharalyn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sharalyn
Sharalyn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1933, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1940: 23 births, good for #1,635 nationwide. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 26% of all recorded Sharalyns. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1993 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 386 Sharalyns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1930s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sharalyn
Sharalyn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1933 and has accumulated 386 births in the dataset. Sharalyn's peak popularity came in 1940 when it ranked #1,635. Use the chart and map above to compare Sharalyn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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