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.

Shera

#5,370 most common girls' name of all time · #9,100 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1938–2013

Rank among girls
#5,370
Rank overall
#9,100 of 105,966
First appeared
1938
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
1,507
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1986 #1,101
Best rank
#1,101 1986
Girls Boys peak 135/yr
1940196019802000

Shera first appears in 1938. 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 6 — 6 #14,791
2004 6 — 6 #14,391
2003 8 — 8 #11,476
2002 6 — 6 #13,822
2000 7 — 7 #11,983
1999 6 — 6 #12,928
1997 9 — 9 #9,160
1995 5 — 5 #13,698
1994 6 — 6 #12,013
1993 12 — 12 #7,136
1992 11 — 11 #7,622
1991 18 — 18 #5,239
1990 27 — 27 #3,837
1989 31 — 31 #3,343
1988 44 — 44 #2,465
1987 63 — 63 #1,845
1986 135 — 135 #1,101
1985 120 — 120 #1,180
1984 41 — 41 #2,360
1983 32 — 32 #2,743
1982 33 — 33 #2,792
1981 40 — 40 #2,425
1980 63 — 63 #1,755
1979 55 — 55 #1,907
1978 82 — 82 #1,418
1977 38 — 38 #2,362
1976 38 — 38 #2,233
1975 25 — 25 #2,919
1974 32 — 32 #2,412
1973 22 — 22 #3,068
1972 33 — 33 #2,295
1971 35 — 35 #2,275
1970 23 — 23 #2,987
1969 26 — 26 #2,618
1968 37 — 37 #1,989
1967 18 — 18 #3,035
1966 14 — 14 #3,481
1965 14 — 14 #3,482
1964 17 — 17 #3,180
1963 15 — 15 #3,409
1962 24 — 24 #2,514
1961 19 — 19 #2,907
1960 14 — 14 #3,460
1959 14 — 14 #3,378
1958 15 — 15 #3,181
1957 8 — 8 #4,770
1956 10 — 10 #4,071
1955 10 — 10 #3,978
1954 9 — 9 #4,184
1953 14 — 14 #3,057
1952 13 — 13 #3,168
1951 9 — 9 #3,917
1950 8 — 8 #4,222
1949 14 — 14 #2,830
1948 9 — 9 #3,816
1947 16 — 16 #2,621
1946 10 — 10 #3,402
1945 7 — 7 #3,973
1944 5 — 5 #5,073
1943 14 — 14 #2,556
1942 5 — 5 #5,228
1938 7 — 7 #3,845