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.

Sharod

#4,062 most common boys' name of all time · #9,937 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#4,062
Rank overall
#9,937 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,318
Since 2016
93
Peak year
1990 #1,633
Best rank
#1,589 1988
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
198020002020

Sharod first appears in 1970. 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 — 7 7 #9,924
2024 — 9 9 #8,481
2023 — 8 8 #9,112
2022 — 6 6 #11,159
2021 — 9 9 #8,333
2020 — 7 7 #9,797
2019 — 15 15 #5,895
2018 — 9 9 #8,337
2017 — 7 7 #9,950
2016 — 16 16 #5,646
2015 — 19 19 #4,950
2014 — 15 15 #5,828
2013 — 8 8 #9,014
2012 — 17 17 #5,348
2011 — 17 17 #5,288
2010 — 34 34 #3,266
2009 — 26 26 #3,962
2008 — 30 30 #3,597
2007 — 35 35 #3,217
2006 — 22 22 #4,288
2005 — 17 17 #4,915
2004 — 23 23 #3,920
2003 — 21 21 #4,034
2002 — 13 13 #5,519
2001 — 29 29 #3,097
2000 — 23 23 #3,588
1999 — 29 29 #2,914
1998 — 31 31 #2,685
1997 — 26 26 #2,940
1996 — 33 33 #2,417
1995 — 40 40 #2,090
1994 — 42 42 #2,004
1993 — 35 35 #2,244
1992 — 37 37 #2,116
1991 — 35 35 #2,128
1990 — 51 51 #1,633
1989 — 42 42 #1,825
1988 — 46 46 #1,589
1987 — 40 40 #1,706
1986 — 33 33 #1,869
1985 — 30 30 #1,965
1984 — 27 27 #2,028
1983 — 26 26 #2,076
1982 — 30 30 #1,886
1981 — 32 32 #1,808
1980 — 27 27 #2,054
1979 — 35 35 #1,666
1978 — 31 31 #1,759
1977 — 23 23 #2,124
1976 — 11 11 #3,434
1975 — 25 25 #1,945
1974 — 17 17 #2,451
1973 — 17 17 #2,400
1972 — 11 11 #3,147
1971 — 9 9 #3,639
1970 — 5 5 #5,408