Sharleen

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sharleen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sharleen: Recorded since 1975, it reached #407 in 1988, and it was last ranked in 2014.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#407highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2014

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2014	#5691

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 9 of the 23 years from 1975 to 1997.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1975–2014 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #503 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1975–1997
Highest recorded position: #407 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1988 (recorded 1975–1997).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2014
Most recently recorded at #5691 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014.
England and Wales · Girls

Sharleen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 9 years beginning in 1975, and has registered 33 births with the name.

Sharleen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sharleen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#503 (1975)	#407 (1988)	#496 (1997)	9 of 23	33 (1975–1997)	5 (1988)
England and Wales · Girls	#3225 (1999)	#2783 (2001)	#5691 (2014)	7 of 16	25 (1999–2014)	5 (2001)

Sharleen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sharleen in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	7	2 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	18	5 of 10	4
1990s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Sharleen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #407 in Republic of Ireland in 1988.

Sharleen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1975 and 2014, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #407, first reached in 1988.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1988.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
11separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,691position in 2014, its most recent recorded year
24 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 1988Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sharan · #204, 16y
Sharif · #1345, 28y
Sharlene · #79, 23y
Sharon · #2, 73y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Caoileann · #407, 11y
Darcie-Leigh · #407, 14y
Ignas · #407, 16y
Liane · #407, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Tonia · #406, 17y
Tonya · #409, 15y
Shirin · #414, 40y
Davida · #396, 10y

Sharleen was ranked #407 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1988. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sharleen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sharleen without appearing here.

Sharleen moved ahead of

Dianne Compare
In 1987 they stood at #519 and #421 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1988 that had become #407 and #492.
Ingrid Compare
In 1987 they stood at #521 and #458 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1988 that had become #407 and #492.
Amelia Compare
In 1996 they stood at #446 and #446 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #496 and #576.
Debra Compare
In 1996 they stood at #446 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #496 and #576.

Moved ahead of Sharleen

Ellinor Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2783 and #3262 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #3594.
Jenna Compare
In 1984 they stood at #467 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #519 and #150.
Hayley Compare
In 1979 they stood at #468 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #542 and #401.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1984 they stood at #468 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #519 and #386.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #407 in Republic of Ireland in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Sharleen

Sharleen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sharleen across 2 official records

Sharleen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sharleen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Sharleen

Sharleen and the names beside it

Sharleen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sharleen

Sharleen at a glance

Sharleen across 2 official records

Sharleen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sharleen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Sharleen

Sharleen and the names beside it

Sharleen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sharleen