Girls' name · since 1927
Shara
Shara has 4,945 recorded births since 1927 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,601 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,361 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,945
- born since 1927
- 1980s
- peak decade
4,945 babies have been named Shara since 1927, making it today's #13361 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Shara recorded 4,945 times among girls since 1927, holding rank #13361 nationally today, ahead of 23% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 2025.
- #2,601 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,361 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,945 born since 1927
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shara ranks #2,601 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,361 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,945 born since 1927, peaking in the 1980s.
- #2,601 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,361 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,945
- born since 1927
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shara's 4,945 recorded births place it above 96.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Shara compares
4,945 Top 14% higher than 86% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shara's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,945 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 232 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shara's full recorded timeline at 1980, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 232 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shara popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 232
- Annual births at peak, across 99 years of records
Shara popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1975 (Shara as boys' name)
Shara by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (1,626 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Shara's strongest decade.
1,626 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Shara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 22
1930s
22 births
- 1940s 181
1940s
181 births
- 1950s 253
1950s
253 births
- 1960s 602
1960s
602 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,378 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,626 births
- 1990s 525
1990s
525 births
- 2000s 234
2000s
234 births
- 2010s 86
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 1,626 births (33% of all-time use).
How Shara compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shara's total volume
Shara by state
Where Shara concentrates geographically, total births since 1927
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 454 | 9.2% |
| #2 | California | | 432 | 8.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 235 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 115 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 80 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 76 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 68 | 1.4% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 67 | 1.4% |
454 of 4,945 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Shara appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shara's data
- Shara's decade-level peak was the 1980s (1,626 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Sharas (454 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~98 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, 1927–2025 (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 Shara 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.