Girls' name · since 1918
Sharleen
2,623 babies named Sharleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,923 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,623
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
2,623 girls have been named Sharleen since 1918, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sharleen has 2,623 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2020.
- #3,923 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,623 born since 1918
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharleen ranks #3,923 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,623 born since 1918, peaking in the 1950s.
- #3,923 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,623
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sharleen's 2,623 recorded births place it above 94.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Sharleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sharleen's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 31% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 69%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1951 peak of 133, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sharleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2020
- Peak year (1951)
- 133
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Sharleen by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (621 births, 24% of the file).
1950s was Sharleen's strongest decade.
621 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Sharleen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1930s 222
1930s
222 births
- 1940s
1940s
504 births
- 1950s
1950s
621 births
- 1960s
1960s
346 births
- 1970s
1970s
319 births
- 1980s 239
1980s
239 births
- 1990s 155
1990s
155 births
- 2000s 118
2000s
118 births
- 2010s 81
2010s
81 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 621 births (24% of all-time use).
How Sharleen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sharleen's total volume
Sharleen by state
Where Sharleen concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 336 | 12.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 122 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 74 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Hawaii | | 52 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Washington | | 34 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 28 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 17 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Texas | | 12 | 0.5% |
336 of 2,623 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Sharleen appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sharleen's data
- Sharleen's decade-level peak was the 1950s (621 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sharleens (336 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sharleen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1918–2020 (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 Sharleen 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.