Sharley — girls' name
156 babies named Sharley in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Sharley was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Sharley in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharley
The Social Security Administration has registered 156 babies named Sharley between 1927 and 2010, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharley performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Sharley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharley 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 156 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.
Sharley at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1927
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
156 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 8 births in a single year.
Sharley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 34 births that decade — 22% of Sharley's all-time total
Sharley decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sharley's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% 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, 1927–2010 (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.