Sharlette — #12267 US girls' name
347 babies named Sharlette in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Sharlette was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Sharlette in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharlette
The Social Security Administration has registered 347 babies named Sharlette between 1945 and 2024, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharlette currently holds the #12267 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharlette performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Sharlette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sharlette in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharlette 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 347 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.
Sharlette at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharlette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1945
- Peak year (1973)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
Currently ranks #12267 among girls.
347 total births across 80 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 15 births in a single year.
Sharlette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 73 births that decade — 21% of Sharlette's all-time total
Sharlette decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sharlette's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Sharlette by state
Where Sharlette concentrates geographically — total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 347 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1945–2024 (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.