How Many People Are Named Sharlene?
people named Sharlene are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 36,015 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,175 babies named Sharlene in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
380 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CHARLENE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sharlene in English. Counting Sharlene and these spellings together, about 112,135 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sharlene in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sharlene alive today is about 58 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sharlene first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1956, to 380 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sharlene has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #461, in 1949. In 2025 it ranked #10,784.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,784 |
| Best rank | #461 (1949) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #534 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sharlene alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sharlene were born in California than in any other state: about 1,278 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sharlene was given 6.6 times as often in Utah, 6.5 times in Hawaii and 2.1 times in California.
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