Sharyl
Sharyl is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sharyl
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sharyl 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 Sharyl
The earliest SSA record of Sharyl as a baby girl name dates back to 1937, when 8 babies received it. 1961 was its biggest year on record, with 131 newborns named Sharyl — #943 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Sharyl on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Sharyl last appeared in the published SSA data in 1998, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Sharyl
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About the name Sharyl
Sharyl is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1937 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Sharyl's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #943. Use the chart and map above to compare Sharyl'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.