Girls' name · since 1943
Sharlynn
162 babies named Sharlynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,017 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sharlynn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 162 have been recorded since 1943.
Sharlynn has 162 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2009.
- #22,017 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 162 born since 1943
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharlynn ranks #22,017 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 162 born since 1943, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,017 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sharlynn's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharlynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sharlynn's SSA record in two at 1969 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1946, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1952 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sharlynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2009
- Peak year (1952)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Sharlynn by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (39 births, 24% of the file).
1950s was Sharlynn's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Sharlynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
23 births
- 1950s
1950s
39 births
- 1960s
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
31 births
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 39 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Sharlynn's decade-level peak was the 1950s (39 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- 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 Sharlynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1943–2009 (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 Sharlynn 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.