Sharena — girls' name
523 babies named Sharena in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Sharena was born in this single decade.
55 babies were named Sharena in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharena
The Social Security Administration has registered 523 babies named Sharena between 1969 and 2003, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 55 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 250 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sharena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharena in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharena 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 523 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.
Sharena at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1969
- Peak year (1985)
- 55
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
523 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 55 births in a single year.
Sharena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 250 births that decade — 48% of Sharena's all-time total
Sharena decade highlights
- Peak decade 250 births
- Runner-up 145 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sharena's strongest decade
250 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Sharena by state
Where Sharena concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 12 | 2.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 1.9% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
12 of 523 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 2.3% of nationwide
- Texas 1.9% of nationwide
- South Carolina 1.1% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1969–2003 (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.