Shara — #15464 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shara

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,939 babies named Shara between 1927 and 2024, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shara currently holds the #15464 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 232 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shara performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,626 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Shara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 454 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shara in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,939 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.