Girls' name · since 1955
Shar
Shar has 216 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,038 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 216
- born since 1955
- 1970s
- peak decade
216 girls have been named Shar since 1955, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shar has been recorded 216 times among girls since 1955, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 1991.
- #19,038 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 216 born since 1955
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shar ranks #19,038 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 216 born since 1955, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,038 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 216
- born since 1955
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shar's 216 recorded births place it above 73.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shar's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1991
- Peak year (1970)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Shar by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (84 births, 39% of the file).
1970s was Shar's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Shar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
40 births
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 84 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shar's data
- Shar's decade-level peak was the 1970s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1955–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shar draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.