Name meaning & stats
Sharlene
Sharlene means “free man” (Germanic origin). 10,962 US babies since 1940, peak 1956.
What it means
“free man”
GermanicForm of Charlene
In US birth records
Peak year: 1956
10,962 US babies were named Sharlene between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Sharlene (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 58% of the family
- Sharlene 58%
- Sharleen 13%
- Sharilyn 9%
- Sharlyn 8%
- Sharolyn 7%
- Sharalyn 2%
- Sharline 2%
- Sharlynn 1%
- Sharilynn 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1956)