Girls' name · since 1944
Sharalee
101 babies named Sharalee in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,048 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sharalee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 101 have been recorded since 1944.
Social Security Administration records show Sharalee recorded 101 times among girls since 1944, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1983.
- #27,048 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 101 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharalee ranks #27,048 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 101 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,048 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 101
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sharalee's 101 recorded births place it above 62.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharalee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sharalee's full recorded timeline at 1976, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sharalee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1983
- Peak year (1973)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1983.
101 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 9 births in a single year.
Sharalee by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (44 births, 44% of the file).
1970s was Sharalee's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Sharalee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
21 births
- 1970s
1970s
44 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 44 births (44% of all-time use).
Sharalee decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Sharalee's data
- Sharalee's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (44 total births) through the 1980s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sharalee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sharalee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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