Girls' name · since 1985
Shardea
49 babies named Shardea in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shardea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 49 recorded since 1985.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shardea has been recorded 49 times among girls since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1994.
- #35,329 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 49 born since 1985
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shardea ranks #35,329 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1985, peaking in the 1980s.
- #35,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shardea's 49 recorded births place it above 51.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shardea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shardea's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shardea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1994
- Peak year (1985)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Shardea by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (39 births, 80% of the file).
1980s was Shardea's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Shardea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 39 births (80% of all-time use).
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- Shardea's decade-level peak was the 1980s (39 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shardea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1985–1994 (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 Shardea 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.