Sharleen
Sharleen is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive of Charles. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Sharleen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sharleen is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive of Charles. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Sharleen
Sharleen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1918, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1951, when 133 Sharleens were born — ranking #765 that year. As of 2026, Sharleen ranks #15,082 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 3K Sharleens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sharleen
Sharleen is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Sharleen's peak popularity came in 1951 when it ranked #765. Use the chart and map above to compare Sharleen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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