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.

Sharen

#2,954 most common girls' name of all time · #5,071 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1934–2013

Rank among girls
#2,954
Rank overall
#5,071 of 105,966
First appeared
1934
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
3,782
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1947 #589
Best rank
#532 1943
Girls Boys peak 209/yr
1940196019802000

Sharen first appears in 1934. 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
2013 12 12 #9,111
2007 8 8 #12,820
2006 5 5 #17,475
2002 5 5 #15,715
2001 5 5 #15,654
1999 6 6 #12,915
1998 6 6 #12,647
1995 10 10 #8,203
1994 5 5 #13,720
1993 10 10 #8,180
1992 5 5 #13,631
1991 6 6 #11,761
1990 10 10 #8,013
1989 5 5 #12,689
1988 6 6 #10,619
1986 9 9 #7,286
1985 7 7 #8,530
1984 6 6 #9,374
1983 9 9 #6,853
1982 8 8 #7,639
1981 9 9 #6,966
1980 9 9 #6,941
1979 7 7 #8,271
1978 14 14 #4,746
1977 16 16 #4,297
1976 22 22 #3,224
1975 11 11 #5,278
1974 13 13 #4,552
1973 19 19 #3,397
1972 25 25 #2,777
1971 24 24 #2,907
1970 38 38 #2,136
1969 37 37 #2,083
1968 40 40 #1,902
1967 33 33 #2,062
1966 53 53 #1,543
1965 49 49 #1,611
1964 54 54 #1,554
1963 81 81 #1,223
1962 78 78 #1,253
1961 69 69 #1,350
1960 67 67 #1,351
1959 82 82 #1,182
1958 95 95 #1,080
1957 119 119 #945
1956 124 124 #901
1955 112 112 #931
1954 125 125 #846
1953 122 122 #840
1952 116 116 #856
1951 120 120 #818
1950 149 149 #707
1949 171 171 #634
1948 197 197 #595
1947 209 209 #589
1946 165 165 #618
1945 153 153 #592
1944 158 158 #584
1943 201 201 #532
1942 153 153 #602
1941 106 106 #686
1940 67 67 #878
1939 41 41 #1,148
1938 31 31 #1,340
1937 22 22 #1,678
1936 17 17 #1,948
1935 9 9 #3,151
1934 7 7 #3,801