Sharlyn
Sharlyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194843 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1935
- 1,482people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,482 girls have been named Sharlyn in the United States since 1935, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1948, with 43 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 43 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1960s alone account for 17%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sharlyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 41 | |
| 1940s | 248 | |
| 1950s | 233 | |
| 1960s | 255 | |
| 1970s | 132 | |
| 1980s | 121 | |
| 1990s | 109 | |
| 2000s | 212 | |
| 2010s | 118 | |
| 2020s | 13 |
In 1948, its biggest year
Sharlyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1948 were Linda, Mary, Barbara, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1948.
Names that rose and fell with Sharlyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeralynpeak 1961
- Dianapeak 1957
- Lynnapeak 1963
- Marylynnpeak 1960
- Karolpeak 2005
- Raylenepeak 1961
- Dreamapeak 1958
- Lanapeak 1948
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.