Girls' name · since 1996
Sharanya
Sharanya has 349 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,669 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,712 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 349
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sharanya is the #15712 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 349 recorded since 1996.
Sharanya has 349 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15712 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #14,669 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,712 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 349 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharanya ranks #14,669 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,712 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 349 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,669 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,712 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 349
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sharanya's 349 recorded births place it above 79.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sharanya compares
349 48th percentile among 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
Sharanya's all-time total is 7% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sharanya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 349 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sharanya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sharanya's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sharanya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Sharanya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (156 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Sharanya's strongest decade.
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Sharanya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
143 births
- 2010s
2010s
156 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 156 births (45% of all-time use).
Sharanya by state
Where Sharanya concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 8.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 6 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
28 of 349 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Sharanya's data
- Sharanya's decade-level peak was the 2010s (156 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sharanyas (28 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 Sharanya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Sharanya 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.