Feminine dossier · first seen 1917

Sharlene

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sharlene
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.9% from peak

Peak era

1956

Peak rank proxy

380

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1917Peak 19562024

Peak year

1956

Decline from peak

97.9%

2024

All-time

12,166

Sharlene once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1956, when 380 girls were named Sharlene.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 97.9% from its peak.

All told, about 12,166 Americans have been named Sharlene and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1917.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.9% from peak

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