Girls' name · since 1927
Sharley
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.
- #22,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1927
- 1980s
- peak decade
156 girls have been named Sharley since 1927, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharley has been recorded 156 times among girls since 1927, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 2010.
- #22,381 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 156 born since 1927
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharley ranks #22,381 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 156 born since 1927, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1927
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sharley's 156 recorded births place it above 69.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sharley's full recorded timeline at 1971, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1934, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sharley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–2010
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Sharley by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (34 births, 22% of the file).
1980s was Sharley's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Sharley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
17 births
- 1940s
1940s
31 births
- 1950s
1950s
15 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
34 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 34 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sharley's data
- Sharley's decade-level peak was the 1980s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2010s -- 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 Sharley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~83 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, 1927–2010 (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 Sharley 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.