girl's name

Sharyn

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 7,273

Scotland

#600

1984 births

Sharyn is a girl's name. In 2014 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1947, when 919 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1931.

Sharyn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

3,899
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Sharyn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 150
1940s 3,899
1950s 1,227
1960s 1,031
1970s 535
1980s 222
1990s 113
2000s 58
2010s (to 2014) 8

How popular is Sharyn?

In 2014, Sharyn was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Sharyn is used

Scotland #600 3 in 1984
United States #12,415 8 in 2014

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 Sharyn

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

Parents who like Sharyn also like

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

Sibling names for Sharyn

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

Common questions about Sharyn

How popular is the name Sharyn?

In 2014, Sharyn was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Sharyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Sharyn most popular?

Sharyn peaked in 1947, when 919 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.