How rare is the name Sharla?

5,641 people in the United States have the first name Sharla, about 1 in 53,542. It ranks #3,622 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SHARLA

#3,622

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,641
About
1 in 53,542
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,641 people named Sharla, 79.2% reported their origin as White, 10.3% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sharla peaked in 1972, when 241 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19322025
Peak year
1972
Births that year
241
In 2025*
8 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,444 babies have been given the name since 1932. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sharla by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,357. The largest share of babies named Sharla, 44%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1930s#5,30580
1940s#2,448363
1950s#1,703972
1960s#1,3571,688
1970s#1,3841,816
1980s#2,312908
1990s#5,682329
2000s#12,287152
2010s#17,66592
2020s#19,36444
Silent Generation 1928–453.9%
Baby boom 1946–6430.5%
Generation X 1965–8044%
Millennials 1981–9616.4%
Generation Z 1997–123.6%
2013 and later1.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sharla is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sharla has been most common in Oklahoma (6.6×), Hawaii (5.7×), and Texas (4.6×), and least common in Florida (0.34×).

3,333 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Sharla

#3,620 Mellisa · 5,645#3,621 Jalyn · 5,644#3,623 Jonny · 5,640#3,623 Leigha · 5,640

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sharla, most common first.

#38,539 Shirla · 199#46,015 Sharli · 146#47,181 Sherla · 139#49,348 Sharly · 126

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