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.

Sharan

#6,084 most common girls' name of all time · #10,270 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1936–2025

Rank among girls
#6,084
Rank overall
#10,270 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
1,248
Since 2016
10
Peak year
1947 #1,118
Best rank
#1,118 1947
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
19401960198020002020

Sharan first appears in 1936. 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 5 5
2016 5 5 #16,500
2014 5 5
2011 6 6
2010 6 6
2009 5 5
2007 5 5 #17,917
2006 8 8
2004 5 5
2003 6 6 12 #14,086
2002 6 6 #13,811
2001 6 6 12 #13,745
1999 6 6
1992 6 6 #11,968
1991 5 5 #13,500
1990 8 8 #9,425
1987 6 6 #10,123
1985 7 7 #8,532
1984 6 6 #9,384
1983 7 7 #8,257
1982 10 10 #6,484
1981 5 5 #10,773
1980 9 9 #6,946
1979 6 6 #9,258
1978 8 8 #7,146
1977 11 11 #5,649
1976 6 6 #8,406
1975 13 13 #4,679
1974 9 9 #5,913
1973 7 7 #6,896
1972 8 8 #6,153
1971 15 15 #4,023
1970 14 14 #4,120
1969 15 15 #3,690
1968 13 13 #3,896
1967 18 18 #3,034
1966 22 22 #2,626
1965 20 20 #2,794
1964 22 22 #2,719
1963 13 13 #3,733
1962 23 23 #2,582
1961 24 24 #2,515
1960 33 33 #2,004
1959 37 37 #1,845
1958 31 31 #2,011
1957 42 42 #1,672
1956 33 33 #1,892
1955 32 32 #1,898
1954 30 30 #1,944
1953 35 35 #1,698
1952 37 37 #1,603
1951 36 36 #1,606
1950 59 59 #1,211
1949 54 54 #1,248
1948 38 38 #1,516
1947 65 65 #1,118
1946 42 42 #1,358
1945 33 33 #1,416
1944 37 37 #1,338
1943 38 38 #1,341
1942 38 38 #1,323
1941 21 21 #1,807
1940 21 21 #1,791
1939 11 11 #2,734
1938 10 10 #2,936
1937 7 7 #3,783
1936 6 6 #4,175