Sharia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sharia

The Social Security Administration has registered 653 babies named Sharia between 1950 and 2020, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 220 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Sharia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharia 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 653 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.