Girls' name · since 1945
Sharlette
Sharlette has 347 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 347
- born since 1945
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sharlette is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 347 have been recorded since 1945.
Sharlette has 347 recorded births among girls since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2024.
- #14,722 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 347 born since 1945
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharlette ranks #14,722 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 347 born since 1945, peaking in the 1970s.
- #14,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 347
- born since 1945
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sharlette's 347 recorded births place it above 79.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Sharlette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sharlette's full recorded timeline at 1972, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sharlette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2024
- Peak year (1973)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Sharlette by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (73 births, 21% of the file).
1970s was Sharlette's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Sharlette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
- 1950s
1950s
72 births
- 1960s
1960s
67 births
- 1970s
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 73 births (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.
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What to do with Sharlette's data
- Sharlette's decade-level peak was the 1970s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Sharlettes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sharlette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1945–2024 (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 Sharlette 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.