Sharlene
Sharlene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 462nd, in 1949.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1956380 births
- Best rank
- #462in 1949
- Since 1917
- 12,166people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,166 girls have been named Sharlene in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 380 births.
The name has all but left use: 8 births in 2024, against 380 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 24%. It has spent 41 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sharlene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 88 | |
| 1930s | 1,120 | |
| 1940s | 2,000 | |
| 1950s | 2,893 | |
| 1960s | 2,462 | |
| 1970s | 1,314 | |
| 1980s | 971 | |
| 1990s | 621 | |
| 2000s | 396 | |
| 2010s | 241 | |
| 2020s | 55 |
In 1956, its biggest year
Sharlene was the 481st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1956 were Mary, Debra, Linda, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1956.
Names that rose and fell with Sharlene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Karlenepeak 1959
- Karleenpeak 1964
- Evonnepeak 1957
- Carleenpeak 1961
- Joellenpeak 1960
- Charlenepeak 1952
- Suzannpeak 1947
- Loraleepeak 1938
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.