Sharla
Sharla is an English feminine given name which is a feminine form of Charles. Notable people with the name include:Sharla Boehm (1929–2023), American computer scientist Sharla Cheung, Hong Kong actress and film producer Sharla Hinskens, also known as Sharmeleon and Sharla in Japan, Canadian YouTuber based in Japan Sharla Martiza, Indonesian singer Sharla Passariello, Welsh footballer
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sharla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sharla is an English feminine given name which is a feminine form of Charles. Notable people with the name include:Sharla Boehm (1929–2023), American computer scientist Sharla Cheung, Hong Kong actress and film producer Sharla Hinskens, also known as Sharmeleon and Sharla in Japan, Canadian YouTuber based in Japan Sharla Martiza, Indonesian singer Sharla Passariello, Welsh footballer
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sharla
American parents first put Sharla on the record books as a baby girl name in 1932, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1972, when 241 Sharlas were born — ranking #635 that year. About 28% of every Sharla on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Sharla last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 12 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Sharla
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About the name Sharla
Sharla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1932 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Sharla's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #635. Use the chart and map above to compare Sharla'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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