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.

Shara

#2,493 most common girls' name of all time · #4,236 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1927–2025

Rank among girls
#2,493
Rank overall
#4,236 of 105,966
First appeared
1927
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
4,950
Since 2016
54
Peak year
1979 #719
Best rank
#719 1979
Girls Boys peak 232/yr
19401960198020002020

Shara first appears in 1927. 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
2025 6 6 #13,401
2024 5 5 #15,555
2022 7 7 #12,392
2021 10 10 #9,685
2020 5 5 #15,342
2019 8 8 #11,502
2018 5 5 #15,944
2017 8 8 #11,745
2015 11 11 #9,568
2014 9 9 #11,075
2013 13 13 #8,657
2012 8 8 #12,345
2011 9 9 #11,285
2010 15 15 #7,940
2009 15 15 #8,122
2008 17 17 #7,474
2007 25 25 #5,559
2006 21 21 #6,168
2005 18 18 #6,582
2004 23 23 #5,414
2003 20 20 #5,846
2002 25 25 #4,795
2001 39 39 #3,434
2000 31 31 #4,005
1999 18 18 #5,702
1998 36 36 #3,365
1997 30 30 #3,745
1996 44 44 #2,769
1995 45 45 #2,699
1994 52 52 #2,442
1993 56 56 #2,297
1992 63 63 #2,137
1991 91 91 #1,644
1990 90 90 #1,647
1989 112 112 #1,369
1988 107 107 #1,337
1987 113 113 #1,253
1986 155 155 #998
1985 164 164 #949
1984 191 191 #826
1983 183 183 #840
1982 210 210 #780
1981 181 181 #862
1980 210 210 #783
1979 232 232 #719
1978 171 171 #861
1977 149 149 #935
1976 126 126 #1,001
1975 123 5 128 #994
1974 115 115 #1,040
1973 129 129 #942
1972 100 100 #1,113
1971 127 127 #994
1970 106 106 #1,114
1969 85 85 #1,210
1968 72 72 #1,308
1967 70 70 #1,310
1966 72 72 #1,282
1965 58 58 #1,454
1964 51 51 #1,602
1963 48 48 #1,657
1962 64 64 #1,390
1961 52 52 #1,575
1960 30 30 #2,134
1959 30 30 #2,090
1958 25 25 #2,301
1957 27 27 #2,153
1956 26 26 #2,183
1955 15 15 #3,047
1954 21 21 #2,431
1953 28 28 #1,955
1952 25 25 #2,060
1951 32 32 #1,731
1950 24 24 #1,992
1949 24 24 #2,001
1948 15 15 #2,677
1947 26 26 #1,935
1946 15 15 #2,573
1945 14 14 #2,433
1944 15 15 #2,381
1943 26 26 #1,697
1942 15 15 #2,399
1941 24 24 #1,643
1940 7 7 #3,791
1939 13 13 #2,406
1938 9 9 #3,155
1927 5 5 #5,595