Sharlene
Sharlene is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive of Charles. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Sharlene
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sharlene 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 Sharlene
Sharlene first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1917, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1956, when 380 Sharlenes were born — ranking #479 that year. As of 2026, Sharlene ranks #9,997 for baby girls with 5 births, falling sharply (-54%). In total, more than 12K Sharlenes 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 Sharlene
Sharlene is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Sharlene's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #461. Use the chart and map above to compare Sharlene'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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