Girls' name · since 1942
Sharlett
115 babies named Sharlett in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1943. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
115 girls have been named Sharlett since 1942, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharlett has been recorded 115 times among girls since 1942, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1942 to 2024.
- #25,644 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 115 born since 1942
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharlett ranks #25,644 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 115 born since 1942, peaking in the 1950s.
- #25,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sharlett's 115 recorded births place it above 64.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharlett's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sharlett's full recorded timeline at 1965, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1942, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1943 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sharlett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–2024
- Peak year (1943)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Sharlett by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (31 births, 27% of the file).
1950s was Sharlett's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Sharlett births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
24 births
- 1950s
1950s
31 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 31 births (27% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sharlett's data
- Sharlett's decade-level peak was the 1950s (31 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sharlett: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1943)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1942–2024 (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 Sharlett 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.