Sharae — girls' name
1,289 babies named Sharae in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Sharae was born in this single decade.
96 babies were named Sharae in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharae
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,289 babies named Sharae between 1962 and 2016, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 96 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 535 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sharae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharae in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharae 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 1,289 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.
Sharae at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1962
- Peak year (1991)
- 96
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
1,289 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 96 births in a single year.
Sharae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 535 births that decade — 42% of Sharae's all-time total
Sharae decade highlights
- Peak decade 535 births
- Runner-up 333 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sharae's strongest decade
535 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Sharae by state
Where Sharae concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 59 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 59 | 4.6% |
| #3 | California | | 50 | 3.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 25 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 22 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 17 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 13 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.5% |
59 of 1,289 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.6% of nationwide
- California 3.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.9% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sharae appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1962–2016 (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.