Girls' name · since 1978
Shareena
Shareena has 201 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shareena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 201 recorded since 1978.
Shareena has 201 recorded births among girls since 1978, 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 1978 to 2000.
- #19,787 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 201 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shareena ranks #19,787 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 201 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shareena's 201 recorded births place it above 72.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Shareena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shareena's full recorded timeline at 1987, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shareena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2000
- Peak year (1985)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2000.
201 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 30 births in a single year.
Shareena by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (135 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Shareena's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Shareena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
135 births
- 1990s 47
1990s
47 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 135 births (67% of all-time use).
Shareena decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Shareena by state
Where Shareena concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 201 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Shareena's data
- Shareena's decade-level peak was the 1980s (135 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shareenas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Shareena: 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 (~22 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, 1978–2000 (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 Shareena 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.
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