Sharlene
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · girls
- 1949 · 302 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,175since 1917
Sharlene over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sharlene has never cracked the top 400 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #3,816 | 40 |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 |
| 2007 | #3,168 | 54 |
| 2006 | #2,978 | 57 |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 |
| 2000 | #3,404 | 39 |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 |
| 1997 | #2,659 | 47 |
| 1996 | #2,229 | 60 |
| 1995 | #2,216 | 60 |
| 1994 | #1,929 | 73 |
| 1993 | #2,152 | 62 |
| 1992 | #2,010 | 68 |
| 1991 | #1,740 | 83 |
| 1990 | #1,605 | 93 |
| 1989 | #1,615 | 86 |
| 1988 | #1,513 | 89 |
| 1987 | #1,519 | 84 |
| 1986 | #1,260 | 107 |
| 1985 | #1,297 | 103 |
| 1984 | #1,157 | 117 |
| 1983 | #1,212 | 105 |
| 1982 | #1,325 | 94 |
| 1981 | #1,239 | 105 |
| 1980 | #1,482 | 81 |
| 1979 | #1,232 | 105 |
| 1978 | #1,487 | 76 |
| 1977 | #1,034 | 128 |
| 1976 | #964 | 132 |
| 1975 | #1,111 | 105 |
| 1974 | #1,063 | 111 |
| 1973 | #1,058 | 109 |
| 1972 | #853 | 152 |
| 1971 | #769 | 189 |
| 1970 | #724 | 207 |
| 1969 | #673 | 218 |
| 1968 | #683 | 203 |
| 1967 | #591 | 262 |
| 1966 | #560 | 287 |
| 1965 | #659 | 223 |
| 1964 | #560 | 308 |
| 1963 | #612 | 270 |
| 1962 | #698 | 218 |
| 1961 | #694 | 227 |
| 1960 | #645 | 246 |
| 1959 | #686 | 214 |
| 1958 | #577 | 293 |
| 1957 | #543 | 312 |
| 1956 | #479 | 380 |
| 1955 | #585 | 246 |
| 1954 | #507 | 305 |
| 1953 | #473 | 328 |
| 1952 | #498 | 284 |
| 1951 | #494 | 275 |
| 1950 | #506 | 256 |
| 1949 | #461 | 302 |
| 1948 | #524 | 248 |
| 1947 | #520 | 255 |
| 1946 | #527 | 222 |
| 1945 | #479 | 226 |
| 1944 | #553 | 172 |
| 1943 | #605 | 154 |
| 1942 | #658 | 129 |
| 1941 | #584 | 143 |
| 1940 | #568 | 149 |
| 1939 | #571 | 139 |
| 1938 | #519 | 168 |
| 1937 | #570 | 142 |
| 1936 | #484 | 176 |
| 1935 | #472 | 182 |
| 1934 | #625 | 113 |
| 1933 | #679 | 92 |
| 1932 | #1,162 | 38 |
| 1931 | #1,175 | 37 |
| 1930 | #1,320 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,598 | 24 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
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| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five girls were named Sharlene! It came in at #4,594, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sharlene is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- North Dakota#173 · 1 in 771
- Hawaii#188 · 1 in 700
- Utah#188 · 1 in 802
- West Virginia#335 · 1 in 2,522
- Oklahoma#385 · 1 in 2,606
Best ever in a state: #89 in Utah, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #173 | 6 | 1 in 771 |
| Hawaii | #188 | 7 | 1 in 700 |
| Utah | #188 | 11 | 1 in 802 |
| West Virginia | #335 | 5 | 1 in 2,522 |
| Oklahoma | #385 | 6 | 1 in 2,606 |
| New Jersey | #420 | 14 | 1 in 3,686 |
| Minnesota | #425 | 6 | 1 in 4,893 |
| Colorado | #427 | 5 | 1 in 3,032 |
| Connecticut | #430 | 5 | 1 in 4,409 |
| Massachusetts | #438 | 8 | 1 in 5,630 |
| Alabama | #472 | 7 | 1 in 3,945 |
| Wisconsin | #493 | 5 | 1 in 7,111 |
| New York | #516 | 30 | 1 in 4,861 |
| Ohio | #522 | 14 | 1 in 6,085 |
| California | #547 | 34 | 1 in 4,522 |
| Georgia | #549 | 7 | 1 in 5,526 |
| Illinois | #572 | 14 | 1 in 6,285 |
| Florida | #576 | 8 | 1 in 5,361 |
| Louisiana | #597 | 6 | 1 in 5,340 |
| Pennsylvania | #712 | 8 | 1 in 11,192 |
| Texas | #734 | 13 | 1 in 7,068 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,015 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,107)
- 3,478 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #10,107)
- 4,454 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #10,107)
- Biggest jump: 483 spots in 1933 (#1,162 → #679)
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1973 (#853 → #1,058)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1949 at #461 (302 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1933–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,283
- Highest: 1 in 5,283 girls born in 1956 were named Sharlene (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #461 in 1949, was only 1 in 5,665 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 23.8% of all girls named Sharlene (2,893) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,594 (1917) | #4,594 |
| 1920s | 88 | #1,598 (1929) | #3,571 |
| 1930s | 1,120 | #472 (1935) | #758 |
| 1940s | 2,000 | #461 (1949) | #548 |
| 1950s | 2,893 | #473 (1953) | #535 |
| 1960s | 2,462 | #560 (1964) | #638 |
| 1970s | 1,314 | #724 (1970) | #1,030 |
| 1980s | 971 | #1,157 (1984) | #1,362 |
| 1990s | 621 | #1,605 (1990) | #2,319 |
| 2000s | 396 | #2,978 (2006) | #3,743 |
| 2010s | 241 | #3,816 (2010) | #5,711 |
| 2020s | 64 | #6,629 (2020) | #9,722 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sharlene in 1966
girls
#560
287 births · 1 in 5,896 girls
Top girls' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 5,896 of them was named Sharlene, which outranked 92.7% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).