Sharlet
Feminine
Sharlet is a mid-century American name that sounds like Charlotte spoken quickly, or Scarlet without its c. Charlotte has lent its name to a famous dessert invented by the chef of kings.
How old is the name Sharlet?
Sharlet first appears in US birth records in 1926 — 99 years ago. The typical Sharlet alive today was born around 1958, making them about 67 years old. About 500 people named Sharlet are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sharlet most popular?
Sharlet peaked in 1947, reaching #1993 nationally. See the whole 1947 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Sharlet
Charlotte is not only a name but a pudding. The great French chef Antonin Carême created a molded dessert of sponge fingers filled with cream and called it a charlotte à la parisienne, and after Tsar Alexander I dined in Paris it became the charlotte russe; in early twentieth-century New York it was sold on street corners in paper cups. Sharlet sounds like a quick, affectionate saying of Charlotte, and it carries a little of that sweetness, with a crisp final t.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Sharlet may be Charlotte written by ear, or Scarlet reshaped, and nothing records which.
Pronouncing Sharlet
SHAR-lit
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Sharlet
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1926
- Most girls named
- 194724 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1993reached in 1947
- Change vs 2017
- +16.7%7 in 2021, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sharlets among us
people named Sharlet are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Sharlet sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Close to Charlotte, a name everyone knows.
- Short and easy to say.
- Rare, so a Sharlet is unlikely to share her name.
- People will write Charlotte or Scarlet.
- It reads as a mid-century name.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sharlets are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Sharlet are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sharlet in 2025?
- Sharlet is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Sharlet with classmates?
- Sharlet will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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