Sharlean — girls' name
48 babies named Sharlean in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
48 girls have been named Sharlean since 1953, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1974.
- 48
- total births
- 1953–1974
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Sharlean was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Sharlean in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharlean
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Sharlean between 1953 and 1974, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharlean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharlean performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sharlean shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharlean in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 48 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sharlean at a glance
Last recorded 1974Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharlean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1953
- Peak year (1959)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1974.
48 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 8 births in a single year.
Sharlean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 19 births that decade — 40% of Sharlean's all-time total
Sharlean decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Sharlean's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.