How rare is the name Sharyn?

6,342 people in the United States have the first name Sharyn, about 1 in 47,624. It ranks #3,343 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SHARYN

#3,343

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,342
About
1 in 47,624
This common or more
82.2%
Who bears it

Of the 6,342 people named Sharyn, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 5.9% as Black and 2.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sharyn peaked in 1947, when 919 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19312014
Peak year
1947
Births that year
919
In 2014
8 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,243 babies have been given the name since 1931. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Sharyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #695. The largest share of babies named Sharyn, 58.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1930s#3,713150
1940s#6953,899
1950s#1,5181,227
1960s#1,7781,031
1970s#2,844535
1980s#5,923222
1990s#11,967113
2000s#22,08858
2010s#43,0268
Silent Generation 1928–4520.8%
Baby boom 1946–6458.8%
Generation X 1965–8015.3%
Millennials 1981–963.9%
Generation Z 1997–121.1%
2013 and later0.1%

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

Where Sharyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sharyn has been most common in Massachusetts (3.2×), Pennsylvania (2.7×), and New Jersey (2.1×), and least common in Georgia (0.2×).

5,238 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 Sharyn

#3,340 Veronika · 6,350#3,342 Jacque · 6,347#3,344 Kassie · 6,341#3,345 Kimora · 6,340

Spelled almost the same

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

#72 Sharon · 583,755#5,091 Sharen · 3,453#7,220 Sharan · 2,134#16,495 Sharin · 683#22,738 Sheryn · 435#39,134 Sharn · 194#50,487 Sharyon · 119#52,745 Sharyne · 105

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