Girls' name · since 1917
Sharlene
12,175 babies named Sharlene in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,175 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,175
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sharlene currently ranks #10175 among girls' names in America, with 12,175 babies recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharlene has been recorded 12,175 times among girls since 1917, currently ranked #10175 nationally and more common than 41% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #1,480 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,175 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,175 born since 1917
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharlene ranks #1,480 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,175 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,175 born since 1917, peaking in the 1950s.
- #1,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,175 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,175
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sharlene's 12,175 recorded births place it above 97.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sharlene compares
12,175 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sharlene's all-time total is 32x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sharlene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,175 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 380 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sharlene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sharlene's full recorded timeline at 1973, 25% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 75% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 380 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sharlene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1956)
- 380
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Sharlene by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (2,893 births, 24% of the file).
1950s was Sharlene's strongest decade.
2,893 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Sharlene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 88
1920s
88 births
- 1930s 1,120
1930s
1,120 births
- 1940s
1940s
2,000 births
- 1950s
1950s
2,893 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,462 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,314 births
- 1980s 971
1980s
971 births
- 1990s 621
1990s
621 births
- 2000s 396
2000s
396 births
- 2010s 241
2010s
241 births
- 2020s 64
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 2,893 births (24% of all-time use).
How Sharlene 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 Sharlene's total volume
Sharlene by state
Where Sharlene concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,523 | 12.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,066 | 8.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 614 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 447 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 426 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 417 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Utah | | 339 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Texas | | 317 | 2.6% |
1,523 of 12,175 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Sharlene appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sharlene's data
- Sharlene's decade-level peak was the 1950s (2,893 total births); usage has since declined to 64 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sharlenes (1,523 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sharlene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Sharlene 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.