Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sharla

#2,132 most common girls' name of all time · #3,621 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1932–2025

Rank among girls
#2,132
Rank overall
#3,621 of 105,966
First appeared
1932
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
6,444
Since 2016
74
Peak year
1972 #637
Best rank
#637 1972
Girls Boys peak 241/yr
19401960198020002020

Sharla first appears in 1932. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 8 #11,077
2024 12 12 #8,514
2022 11 11 #9,154
2021 6 6 #13,674
2020 7 7 #12,326
2019 7 7 #12,624
2017 10 10 #10,051
2016 13 13 #8,469
2015 9 9 #10,999
2014 11 11 #9,598
2013 11 11 #9,683
2012 7 7 #13,641
2011 8 8 #12,305
2010 16 16 #7,576
2009 15 15 #8,125
2008 16 16 #7,804
2007 21 21 #6,362
2006 16 16 #7,548
2005 8 8 #11,989
2004 17 17 #6,824
2003 11 11 #9,122
2002 16 16 #6,766
2001 16 16 #6,687
2000 16 16 #6,550
1999 16 16 #6,245
1998 23 23 #4,676
1997 12 12 #7,369
1996 22 22 #4,614
1995 24 24 #4,248
1994 29 29 #3,723
1993 40 40 #2,946
1992 31 31 #3,524
1991 58 58 #2,250
1990 74 74 #1,902
1989 49 49 #2,385
1988 59 59 #2,015
1987 74 74 #1,656
1986 74 74 #1,608
1985 89 89 #1,426
1984 108 108 #1,211
1983 94 94 #1,297
1982 123 123 #1,143
1981 112 112 #1,186
1980 126 126 #1,104
1979 120 120 #1,124
1978 155 155 #917
1977 138 138 #989
1976 171 171 #815
1975 181 181 #779
1974 195 195 #731
1973 193 193 #729
1972 241 241 #637
1971 225 225 #684
1970 197 197 #750
1969 159 159 #814
1968 190 190 #707
1967 166 166 #765
1966 178 178 #741
1965 198 198 #702
1964 171 171 #800
1963 160 160 #824
1962 172 172 #797
1961 158 158 #842
1960 136 136 #908
1959 156 156 #822
1958 117 117 #956
1957 125 125 #917
1956 101 101 #1,020
1955 78 78 #1,137
1954 92 92 #1,027
1953 95 95 #987
1952 71 71 #1,127
1951 68 68 #1,141
1950 69 69 #1,111
1949 56 56 #1,218
1948 50 50 #1,312
1947 48 48 #1,332
1946 40 40 #1,391
1945 43 43 #1,230
1944 27 27 #1,605
1943 22 22 #1,893
1942 27 27 #1,626
1941 31 31 #1,416
1940 19 19 #1,897
1939 20 20 #1,795
1938 14 14 #2,334
1937 10 10 #2,930
1936 9 9 #3,095
1935 9 9 #3,147
1934 6 6 #4,240
1933 5 5 #4,786
1932 7 7 #3,898