Sharad — boys' name
105 babies named Sharad in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
105 boys have been named Sharad since 1969, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2006.
- 105
- total births
- 1969–2006
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Sharad was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Sharad in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharad
The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Sharad between 1969 and 2006, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sharad currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharad performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sharad shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharad 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 105 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.
Sharad at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1969
- Peak year (1982)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
105 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 8 births in a single year.
Sharad by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 33 births that decade — 31% of Sharad's all-time total
Sharad decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sharad's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1969–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.