Feminine dossier · first seen 1935

Sharlyn

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1948

Peak era

1948

Peak births

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Boomer

Quick answers about Sharlyn

How many people are named Sharlyn?

An estimated 1,116 living Americans are named Sharlyn.

How rare is Sharlyn?

Sharlyn fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

How old is the typical Sharlyn?

The median age of a living American named Sharlyn is approximately 46 years, with most bearers falling between 22 and 65 years old.

Is Sharlyn still popular?

Not especially. Sharlyn has been declining since its 1948 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Where is Sharlyn most common?

Sharlyn has its strongest geographic signal in California, where it appears 2.0× more often than the national baseline.

1935Peak 19482025

Peak year

1948

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

1,482

Sharlyn last appeared in SSA records in 2022. Across its recorded history, about 1,482 American girls received the name.

Sharlyn peaked in 1948, when 43 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 1,482 Americans named Sharlyn since 1935.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1948

Living profile

1,233

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age51

Core range24–68

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.

Geographic heartland

California

2.0× higher affinity than the national baseline.

California · 2000s 2.0×