Sharleen

Where Sharleen comes from

Sharleen hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #4,291 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1951
    Peak, #765
    133 babies named Sharleen — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1954
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,267.
  4. 1967
    Sharleen Spiteri born
    Scottish singer
  5. 1987
    Sharleen Stratton born
    Australian diver
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Sharleen Spiteri · Scottish singer, born 1967
  • Sharleen Stratton · Australian diver, born 1987
  • Sharleen Spiteri · Australian prostitute, 1901–2005

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.