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.

Sharon

#33 most common girls' name of all time · #80 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among girls
#33
Rank overall
#80 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
726,130
Since 2016
2,115
Peak year
1947 #9
Best rank
#8 1943
Girls Boys peak 28,590/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Sharon first appears in 1900. 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 179 179 #1,251
2024 192 192 #1,224
2023 173 173 #1,311
2022 201 6 207 #1,200
2021 189 189 #1,243
2020 208 208 #1,140
2019 198 198 #1,187
2018 220 220 #1,112
2017 243 243 #1,055
2016 298 8 306 #923
2015 275 6 281 #982
2014 314 12 326 #870
2013 292 292 #884
2012 328 6 334 #818
2011 323 11 334 #821
2010 342 6 348 #801
2009 368 10 378 #771
2008 479 479 #644
2007 415 14 429 #702
2006 472 13 485 #615
2005 501 9 510 #571
2004 516 11 527 #552
2003 539 13 552 #523
2002 537 11 548 #511
2001 587 8 595 #474
2000 671 8 679 #421
1999 685 9 694 #407
1998 691 12 703 #397
1997 760 16 776 #364
1996 862 14 876 #326
1995 810 17 827 #330
1994 857 17 874 #318
1993 851 14 865 #313
1992 939 17 956 #299
1991 986 19 1,005 #284
1990 1,008 19 1,027 #274
1989 1,119 18 1,137 #244
1988 1,196 23 1,219 #217
1987 1,249 31 1,280 #211
1986 1,428 22 1,450 #187
1985 1,537 40 1,577 #177
1984 1,630 15 1,645 #169
1983 1,780 38 1,818 #160
1982 2,026 34 2,060 #144
1981 2,154 25 2,179 #130
1980 2,383 32 2,415 #129
1979 2,689 19 2,708 #117
1978 2,755 26 2,781 #106
1977 3,089 26 3,115 #95
1976 3,453 29 3,482 #81
1975 3,732 26 3,758 #75
1974 4,276 29 4,305 #70
1973 4,963 33 4,996 #57
1972 6,111 41 6,152 #50
1971 7,523 41 7,564 #40
1970 9,177 55 9,232 #37
1969 9,698 36 9,734 #36
1968 10,340 49 10,389 #32
1967 11,923 55 11,978 #30
1966 13,063 56 13,119 #28
1965 15,129 51 15,180 #22
1964 16,449 48 16,497 #20
1963 17,800 54 17,854 #19
1962 19,630 52 19,682 #17
1961 20,459 65 20,524 #17
1960 20,414 37 20,451 #16
1959 21,292 49 21,341 #17
1958 21,114 53 21,167 #17
1957 24,298 59 24,357 #14
1956 26,881 55 26,936 #13
1955 22,044 53 22,097 #16
1954 22,220 47 22,267 #16
1953 23,040 49 23,089 #15
1952 23,386 45 23,431 #14
1951 23,920 49 23,969 #13
1950 24,612 33 24,645 #11
1949 25,713 60 25,773 #10
1948 26,143 65 26,208 #9
1947 28,533 57 28,590 #9
1946 27,824 83 27,907 #9
1945 20,838 62 20,900 #8
1944 22,433 97 22,530 #8
1943 24,712 96 24,808 #8
1942 19,648 78 19,726 #11
1941 14,272 74 14,346 #15
1940 11,121 64 11,185 #17
1939 9,014 50 9,064 #23
1938 7,244 46 7,290 #30
1937 4,704 51 4,755 #41
1936 3,573 33 3,606 #60
1935 2,426 22 2,448 #96
1934 1,355 22 1,377 #150
1933 961 25 986 #178
1932 707 18 725 #228
1931 576 25 601 #254
1930 523 15 538 #289
1929 359 16 375 #342
1928 160 8 168 #553
1927 118 12 130 #663
1926 114 9 123 #685
1925 86 12 98 #799
1924 57 6 63 #1,028
1923 55 6 61 #1,026
1922 43 11 54 #1,185
1921 42 11 53 #1,201
1920 29 6 35 #1,537
1919 27 8 35 #1,556
1918 25 6 31 #1,631
1917 14 7 21 #2,372
1916 20 11 31 #1,786
1915 16 11 27 #2,020
1914 8 7 15 #2,769
1913 11 6 17 #1,999
1912 7 7 #2,514
1911 5 5 #2,684
1909 7 7 #1,911
1907 5 5 #2,290
1902 6 6
1900 5 5 #2,214