Girls' name · since 1959
Sharlena
Sharlena has 143 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sharlena is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 143 have been recorded since 1959.
Sharlena has 143 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1995.
- #23,312 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 143 born since 1959
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharlena ranks #23,312 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 143 born since 1959, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sharlena's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharlena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sharlena's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sharlena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1995
- Peak year (1974)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Sharlena by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (59 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Sharlena's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Sharlena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 9
1960s
9 births
- 1970s
1970s
59 births
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 59 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Sharlena's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 1990s (28) -- 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 Sharlena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~36 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, 1959–1995 (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 Sharlena 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.