Sharlize — girls' name
99 babies named Sharlize in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
99 girls have been named Sharlize since 2000, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 99
- total births
- 2000–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 75%
- born in that decade
75% of everyone ever named Sharlize was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Sharlize in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharlize
The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Sharlize between 2000 and 2018, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharlize currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharlize performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sharlize shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharlize in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharlize 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 99 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.
Sharlize at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharlize popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2000
- Peak year (2004)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
99 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 16 births in a single year.
Sharlize by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 74 births that decade — 75% of Sharlize's all-time total
Sharlize decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sharlize's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Sharlize by state
Where Sharlize concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 10.1% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 5.1% |
10 of 99 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.1% of nationwide
- California 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2000–2018 (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.