Girls' name · since 1933
Sharlie
Since 1933, U.S. Social Security records show 342 babies named Sharlie, peaking in 1933. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 342
- born since 1933
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sharlie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 342 have been recorded since 1933.
Sharlie has 342 recorded births among girls since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 2016.
- #14,842 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 342 born since 1933
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharlie ranks #14,842 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 342 born since 1933, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 342
- born since 1933
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sharlie's 342 recorded births place it above 79.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharlie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sharlie's full recorded timeline at 1980, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1941, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1933 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sharlie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–2016
- Peak year (1933)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Sharlie by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (90 births, 26% of the file).
1980s was Sharlie's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Sharlie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 30
1930s
30 births
- 1940s
1940s
49 births
- 1950s 26
1950s
26 births
- 1970s
1970s
65 births
- 1980s
1980s
90 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 90 births (26% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sharlie's data
- Sharlie's decade-level peak was the 1980s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Sharlie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1933)
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, 1933–2016 (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 Sharlie 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.