Girls' name · since 1925
Sharline
415 babies named Sharline in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,238 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 415
- born since 1925
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sharline sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 415 recorded since 1925.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharline has been recorded 415 times among girls since 1925, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2012.
- #13,238 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 415 born since 1925
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharline ranks #13,238 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 415 born since 1925, peaking in the 1950s.
- #13,238 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 415
- born since 1925
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sharline's 415 recorded births place it above 81.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sharline splits its recorded history at 1961: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1928 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1961 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sharline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2012
- Peak year (1961)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 88 years of records
Sharline by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (85 births, 20% of the file).
1950s was Sharline's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Sharline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
50 births
- 1940s
1940s
65 births
- 1950s
1950s
85 births
- 1960s
1960s
78 births
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 85 births (20% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sharline's data
- Sharline's decade-level peak was the 1950s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Sharline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1925–2012 (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 Sharline 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.