Girls' name · since 1985
Sharday
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.
- #8,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 797
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
797 girls have been named Sharday since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sharday has 797 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2009.
- #8,754 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 797 born since 1985
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharday ranks #8,754 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 797 born since 1985, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 797
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sharday's 797 recorded births place it above 87.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Sharday's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sharday's full recorded timeline at 1997, 17% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 83% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 170 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sharday popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2009
- Peak year (1986)
- 170
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Sharday by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (447 births, 56% of the file).
1980s was Sharday's strongest decade.
447 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Sharday births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
447 births
- 1990s
1990s
257 births
- 2000s 93
2000s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 447 births (56% of all-time use).
How Sharday compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sharday's total volume
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.
Sharday appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sharday's data
- Sharday's decade-level peak was the 1980s (447 total births); usage has since declined to 93 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shardays (37 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sharday: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1985–2009 (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 Sharday 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.