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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Sharlyn

Sharlyn was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1948, when it ranked 1421st with 43 babies. More babies were named Sharlyn in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
194843 babies
Total since 1880
1,482babies recorded

Sharlyn popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#14,8526
2010#7,17518
2000#9,06011
1990#6,08715
1980#8,0198
1970#3,29420
1960#2,14330
1950#1,49239
1940#2,28214
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Sharlyn, counting every spelling?

Sharlyn is a spelling of Sharlene, a name family that had 9 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 9 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Sharlene9#10,78847

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Sharlyn?

About 1,300 people born in the US named Sharlyn are alive today, with a median age of 52; half are between 24 and 68. That makes Sharlyn mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Sharlyn by state

How common Sharlyn was among girls born in each state in 1946–1950, around its peak. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Sharlyn, girls, 1946–1950. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Sharlyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sharlyn, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Sharlyn

How popular is the name Sharlyn?

Sharlyn was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1948, when it ranked 1421st with 43 babies. More babies were named Sharlyn in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Sharlyn a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sharlyn in the US.

Where was Sharlyn most popular?

In 1946–1950, Sharlyn was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.