Sharlyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sharlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,482 babies named Sharlyn between 1935 and 2022, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharlyn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 255 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Sharlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 127 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharlyn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharlyn 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 1,482 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.