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Sharla

Gender
Girl
Say it
SHAR-luh
Origin
Germanic
US rank, 2025
#10,913 for girls

Sharla is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).

What does Sharla mean?

Germanic: variant of Charla, a feminine form of Charles

“free man”

A feminine form related to Charles and Charlene, from the Germanic word karl 'man, free man'.

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

Sharla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Sharla in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 11 girls.

Half of all the girls named Sharla in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 11 in 19982022
Sharla in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20221#7,487
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20108#2,992
20091#7,377
20086#3,589
20076#3,396
20063#5,259
20053#4,976
20040–
20037#2,574
20026#2,691
20010–
20005#2,907
19996#2,559
199811#1,694
19974#3,345

How popular is Sharla in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,913among girls
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 200,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Sharla, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1972, with 241 girls. It first appears in the records in 1932.

Half of all the girls named Sharla in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.

1932Busiest: 241 in 19722025
Sharla in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#10,913
202412#8,438
20230–
202211#9,050
20216#13,459
20207#12,137
20197#12,442
20180–
201710#9,939
201613#8,390
20159#10,861
201411#9,512
201311#9,607
20127#13,477
20118#12,146
201016#7,510
200915#8,054
200816#7,738
200721#6,319
200616#7,480
20058#11,828
200417#6,763
200311#9,043
200216#6,692
200116#6,614
200016#6,481
199916#6,185
199823#4,633
199712#7,278
199622#4,578
199524#4,212
199429#3,699
199340#2,933
199231#3,497
199158#2,236
199074#1,888
198949#2,366
198859#2,007
198774#1,646
198674#1,601
198589#1,423
1984108#1,205
198394#1,295
1982123#1,138
1981112#1,181
1980126#1,097
1979120#1,120
1978155#913
1977138#987
1976171#811
1975181#778
1974195#730
1973193#729
1972241#635
1971225#682
1970197#748
1969159#814
1968190#707
1967166#763
1966178#740
1965198#700
1964171#797
1963160#823
1962172#794
1961158#840
1960136#904
1959156#821
1958117#954
1957125#909
1956101#1,015
195578#1,129
195492#1,019
195395#980
195271#1,118
195168#1,132
195069#1,108
194956#1,209
194850#1,297
194748#1,317
194640#1,375
194543#1,212
194427#1,577
194322#1,833
194227#1,591
194131#1,384
194019#1,845
193920#1,731
193814#2,225
193710#2,734
19369#2,855
19359#2,924
19346#3,800
19335#4,216
19327#3,566

Names like Sharla

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Robyn Jessica Holly Heidi Tara Erin Cara Carla Lara Darla Melissa Sara

Names related to Sharla

Saorla Sharelle Sharell

More Germanic names

Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Sharla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sharla, updated 20 October 2026.