# Sharlene (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sharlene/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,175 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 12,175 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 59, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 6,117 |
| 2012 | 28 | 5,090 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,869 |
| 2014 | 15 | 8,005 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,807 |
| 2016 | 29 | 4,830 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5,798 |
| 2018 | 19 | 6,487 |
| 2019 | 14 | 8,078 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,884 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,454 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,461 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,917 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12,001 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,788 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1997 | 6 | 2,411 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2,444 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |

## People named Sharlene

- Sharlene, Dominican singer, actress, musician and songwriter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.