Shareta — girls' name
71 babies named Shareta in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
71 girls have been named Shareta since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1989.
- 71
- total births
- 1974–1989
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Shareta was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Shareta in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shareta
The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Shareta between 1974 and 1989, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shareta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shareta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shareta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shareta 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 71 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.
Shareta at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shareta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1974
- Peak year (1981)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
71 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 11 births in a single year.
Shareta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 45 births that decade — 63% of Shareta's all-time total
Shareta decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shareta's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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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, 1974–1989 (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.