Sharlene — #11146 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sharlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,166 babies named Sharlene between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharlene currently holds the #11146 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 380 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharlene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,893 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Sharlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,523 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharlene in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharlene 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 12,166 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.