Sharlett — #15501 US girls' name
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.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Sharlett was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Sharlett in 1943 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharlett
The Social Security Administration has registered 115 babies named Sharlett between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharlett currently holds the #15501 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharlett performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sharlett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharlett 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 115 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.
Sharlett at a glance
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Current rank
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Sharlett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1942
- Peak year (1943)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 83 years of records
Currently ranks #15501 among girls.
115 total births across 83 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1943 with 8 births in a single year.
Sharlett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 31 births that decade — 27% of Sharlett's all-time total
Sharlett decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Sharlett's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% 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, 1942–2024 (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.