girls:
12.2k births since 1917
#1423 (75th percentile)
overall:
12.2k births since 1917
#2383 (69th percentile)
The name Sharlene is the #2,383 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,157 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 69.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,423 (75.1% percentile) for all time with 12,157 births since 1917.
Sharlene first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (first recorded for girls in 1917). Birth data for Sharlene is available in 104 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Sharlene reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 41.2% percentile (ranked #440) with 185 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 185 births per million (ranked 41.2% percentile). Despite a low point in 2015, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Sharlene ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 1.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sharlene".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Sharlene. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.0% confident that Sharlene is pronounced as SHAHR-leen, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shahr-LEEN, at 32.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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