Shar
#17,567 most common girls' name of all time · #28,842 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1955–1991
Rank among girls
#17,567
Rank overall
#28,842 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
216
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1970 #3,535
Best rank
#3,535 1970
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Shar first appears in 1955. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,647 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,496 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,978 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,314 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,709 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,769 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,039 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,891 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,569 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,249 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,560 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,835 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,380 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,095 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,391 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,728 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,325 |
| 1970 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,535 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,765 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,631 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,893 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,282 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,369 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,676 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,939 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,850 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,915 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,811 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,737 |