Sharlena — girls' name
143 babies named Sharlena in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
143 girls have been named Sharlena since 1959, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1995.
- 143
- total births
- 1959–1995
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Sharlena was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Sharlena in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharlena
The Social Security Administration has registered 143 babies named Sharlena between 1959 and 1995, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharlena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharlena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sharlena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharlena 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 143 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.
Sharlena at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharlena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1959
- Peak year (1974)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
143 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 13 births in a single year.
Sharlena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 59 births that decade — 41% of Sharlena's all-time total
Sharlena decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sharlena's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1959–1995 (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.