Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sha*

#8,405 most common girls' name of all time · #14,034 across all names · 17% male / 83% female · used 1962–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#8,405
Rank overall
#14,034 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
766
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1989 #3,302
Best rank
#2,782 1978
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
198020002020

Sha first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 5 — 5 #15,702
2020 — 5 5 —
2017 5 — 5 #16,307
2015 5 — 5 #16,853
2013 6 — 6 #14,900
2012 6 — 6 #15,321
2005 8 — 8 #12,076
2004 11 — 11 #9,420
2003 7 5 12 #12,696
2002 5 — 5 #15,912
2001 — 5 5 —
2000 6 — 6 #13,559
1999 14 — 14 #6,971
1998 12 — 12 #7,673
1997 12 — 12 #7,436
1996 11 — 11 #7,758
1995 11 — 11 #7,707
1994 32 6 38 #3,483
1993 18 7 25 #5,292
1992 17 — 17 #5,595
1991 31 7 38 #3,493
1990 26 — 26 #3,955
1989 32 8 40 #3,302
1988 13 — 13 #6,064
1987 11 6 17 #6,548
1986 10 — 10 #6,829
1985 8 — 8 #7,869
1984 22 5 27 #3,680
1983 5 7 12 #10,895
1982 13 — 13 #5,385
1981 25 6 31 #3,407
1980 11 8 19 #6,136
1979 25 9 34 #3,302
1978 30 9 39 #2,782
1977 20 — 20 #3,718
1976 22 5 27 #3,261
1975 21 8 29 #3,373
1974 23 9 32 #3,082
1973 14 7 21 #4,308
1972 13 5 18 #4,477
1971 12 — 12 #4,741
1970 12 — 12 #4,707
1969 11 — 11 #4,673
1968 8 — 8 #5,539
1967 6 — 6 #6,614
1966 10 — 10 #4,476
1963 9 — 9 #4,890
1962 5 — 5 #7,554