Sharlene

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births

Peak · girls
1949 · 302 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,175
since 1917

Sharlene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sharlene has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #461, 1949girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,1079
2024#11,1228
2023#13,4626
2022#8,03213
2021#8,97811
2020#6,62917
2019#7,71614
2018#6,24819
2017#5,66122
2016#4,73429
2015#5,65323
2014#7,63615
2013#4,75529
2012#4,95728
2011#5,93522
2010#3,81640
2009#3,87040
2008#4,08938
2007#3,16854
2006#2,97857
2005#4,02935
2004#3,81937
2003#4,30730
2002#3,97832
2001#3,78534
2000#3,40439
1999#3,14841
1998#3,49734
1997#2,65947
1996#2,22960
1995#2,21660
1994#1,92973
1993#2,15262
1992#2,01068
1991#1,74083
1990#1,60593
1989#1,61586
1988#1,51389
1987#1,51984
1986#1,260107
1985#1,297103
1984#1,157117
1983#1,212105
1982#1,32594
1981#1,239105
1980#1,48281
1979#1,232105
1978#1,48776
1977#1,034128
1976#964132
1975#1,111105
1974#1,063111
1973#1,058109
1972#853152
1971#769189
1970#724207
1969#673218
1968#683203
1967#591262
1966#560287
1965#659223
1964#560308
1963#612270
1962#698218
1961#694227
1960#645246
1959#686214
1958#577293
1957#543312
1956#479380
1955#585246
1954#507305
1953#473328
1952#498284
1951#494275
1950#506256
1949#461302
1948#524248
1947#520255
1946#527222
1945#479226
1944#553172
1943#605154
1942#658129
1941#584143
1940#568149
1939#571139
1938#519168
1937#570142
1936#484176
1935#472182
1934#625113
1933#67992
1932#1,16238
1931#1,17537
1930#1,32033
1929#1,59824
1928#2,28415
1927#3,2849
1926#3,8737
1925#4,4266
1924#4,0027
1923#3,9717
1922
1921#5,0995
1920#3,5988
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1917#4,5945
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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.

See more about Sharlene
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,594 (1917)#4,594
1920s88#1,598 (1929)#3,571
1930s1,120#472 (1935)#758
1940s2,000#461 (1949)#548
1950s2,893#473 (1953)#535
1960s2,462#560 (1964)#638
1970s1,314#724 (1970)#1,030
1980s971#1,157 (1984)#1,362
1990s621#1,605 (1990)#2,319
2000s396#2,978 (2006)#3,743
2010s241#3,816 (2010)#5,711
2020s64#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 1989

girls
#1,615
86 births · 1 in 21,437 girls

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #1,615Sharlene86
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 21,437 of them was named Sharlene, which outranked 88.9% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sharlene
  1. #1,600Mikala87
  2. #1,600Nisha87
  3. #1,600Yasmeen87
  4. #1,615Sharlene86
  5. #1,615Alyshia86
  6. #1,615Brittiany86
  7. #1,615Charlie86
  8. #1,629Adela85
  9. #1,629Antonette85
  10. #1,629Bryn85

Tied with 13 names at #1,615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989