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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |