Sharday — girls' name
797 babies named Sharday in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
797 girls have been named Sharday since 1985, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2009.
- 797
- total births
- 1985–2009
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
56% of everyone ever named Sharday was born in this single decade.
170 babies were named Sharday in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharday
The Social Security Administration has registered 797 babies named Sharday between 1985 and 2009, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharday currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 170 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharday performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 447 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sharday shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharday in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharday 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 797 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.
Sharday at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharday popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1985
- Peak year (1986)
- 170
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
797 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 170 births in a single year.
Sharday by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 447 births that decade — 56% of Sharday's all-time total
Sharday decade highlights
- Peak decade 447 births
- Runner-up 257 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sharday's strongest decade
447 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Sharday by state
Where Sharday concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 37 | 4.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 37 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 32 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 28 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 27 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 25 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Florida | | 23 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 16 | 2.0% |
37 of 797 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- New York 4.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.5% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sharday appears in 13 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, 1985–2009 (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.