How rare is the name Sharlene?

10,243 people in the United States have the first name Sharlene, about 1 in 29,487. It ranks #2,425 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SHARLENE

#2,425

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,243
About
1 in 29,487
This common or more
79.7%
Who bears it

Of the 10,243 people named Sharlene, 60.6% reported their origin as White, 18.6% as Black and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sharlene peaked in 1956, when 380 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
1956
Births that year
380
In 2025*
9 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,175 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sharlene by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #958. The largest share of babies named Sharlene, 42.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#11,6155
1920s#5,72888
1930s#1,1591,120
1940s#9702,000
1950s#9582,893
1960s#1,1202,462
1970s#1,6731,314
1980s#2,215971
1990s#3,688621
2000s#6,278396
2010s#9,322241
2020s#15,51764
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4517.5%
Baby boom 1946–6442.6%
Generation X 1965–8021.3%
Millennials 1981–9611.4%
Generation Z 1997–125%
2013 and later1.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sharlene is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sharlene has been most common in Hawaii (6.7×), Utah (4.9×), and Michigan (1.9×), and least common in Tennessee (0.18×).

8,245 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Sharlene

#2,423 Talon · 10,246#2,424 Alessandro · 10,245#2,426 Noor · 10,240#2,427 Major · 10,232

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sharlene, most common first.

#5,155 Shirlene · 3,391#6,800 Sharleen · 2,317#9,920 Sharlyn · 1,371#13,975 Sherlene · 852#17,946 Sherline · 606#20,856 Sharline · 492#33,571 Sharlynn · 246#37,508 Sherlyne · 208

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