Sharyl
Feminine
The y in Sharyl is the only vowel in the second syllable, and it is barely said. That is the whole design of this family of names: an ending that carries no vowel worth writing, so the letter chosen for it is free — and every possible letter has been tried.
How old is the name Sharyl?
Sharyl first appears in US birth records in 1937 — 88 years ago. The typical Sharyl alive today was born around 1959, making them about 66 years old. About 2,200 people named Sharyl are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sharyl most popular?
Sharyl peaked in 1945, reaching #925 nationally. See the whole 1945 chart.
Where it comes from
From Cheryl to Sharyl
The story of Sharyl
The first vowel is the other free position, and it moves too. Written with an e the name lines up with the Cheryl group; written with an a it lines up with Sharon, Sharla and Sharlene. Both spellings are in the American record from the nineteen-thirties, both peak within a decade of each other, and the families using them were making a choice about which neighborhood the name belonged to rather than about how to say it. Two free positions in a two-syllable name is a great deal of freedom, and it is why this family is as large as it is.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name has no ancestor. It belongs to a small group of English coinages that appeared in the twentieth century with no earlier source, and no meaning has ever attached to it.
How the name formed
- Cheryl
- Sharyl
Pronouncing Sharyl
SHER-ul
Two syllables with the weight at the front. The ending is a soft, almost swallowed -ul, not a stressed -EEL.
Nicknames for Sharyl
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1937
- Most girls named
- 1961131 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #925reached in 1945
- Change vs 1991
- −44.4%5 in 1998, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sharyls among us
people named Sharyl are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Sharyl sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is said correctly by everyone who has met any spelling of the name.
- The a marks it as belonging to the Sharon group rather than the Cheryl one.
- Shari is a ready short form and a standing name of its own.
- Cheryl, Sheryl, Sharyl and Sherrill are all in the record and will be confused constantly.
- There is no meaning or ancestry to pass on.
- It reads clearly as a name of the middle of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sharyls are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Sharyl are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sharyl in 2025?
- Sharyl is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Sharyl with classmates?
- Sharyl will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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