girl's name

Sharlyn

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 1,498

Scotland

#528

1974 births

Sharlyn is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1948, when 43 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1935.

Sharlyn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

255
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Sharlyn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 41
1940s 248
1950s 233
1960s 255
1970s 132
1980s 121
1990s 109
2000s 212
2010s 118
2020s (to 2022) 13

How popular is Sharlyn?

In 2022, Sharlyn was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Sharlyn is used

Scotland #528 3 in 1974
France #4,749 5 in 2004
England & Wales #6,595 3 in 2016
United States #12,491 7 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Sharlyn

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Sharlyn also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Sharlyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Sharlyn

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sharlyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Sharlyn

How popular is the name Sharlyn?

In 2022, Sharlyn was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Sharlyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Sharlyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Sharlyn most popular?

Sharlyn peaked in 1948, when 43 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.