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Sharla

Sharla was most popular in 1972, when 241 girls got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 11,781 for girls.

6,444babies since 1880
1972most popular year
#637best rank, 1972
#11,781rank in 2025

Babies named Sharla each year in the US

Girls

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirls
1930s80
1940s363
1950s972
1960s1,688
1970s1,816
1980s908
1990s329
2000s152
2010s92
2020s44

Sharla in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Sharla.

US England and Wales

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1972 1 in 6,312 #11,781
England and Wales 1998 1 in 26,289 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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