Girls' name · since 1971
Sharai
465 babies named Sharai in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,391 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 465
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sharai sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 465 recorded since 1971.
Sharai has 465 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2017.
- #12,391 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 465 born since 1971
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharai ranks #12,391 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 465 born since 1971, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,391 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 465
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sharai's 465 recorded births place it above 82.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Sharai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sharai splits its recorded history at 1996: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sharai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2017
- Peak year (2000)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Sharai by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (186 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Sharai's strongest decade.
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Sharai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 30
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s
1990s
132 births
- 2000s
2000s
186 births
- 2010s 42
2010s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 186 births (40% of all-time use).
Sharai by state
Where Sharai concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 56 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.1% |
56 of 465 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Sharai's decade-level peak was the 2000s (186 total births); usage has since declined to 42 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sharais (56 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sharai: 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 (~46 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, 1971–2017 (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 Sharai 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.