Sharica — girls' name
249 babies named Sharica in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
249 girls have been named Sharica since 1973, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1996.
- 249
- total births
- 1973–1996
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Sharica was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Sharica in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharica
The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Sharica between 1973 and 1996, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharica performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sharica shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharica 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 249 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.
Sharica at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1973
- Peak year (1980)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
249 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 21 births in a single year.
Sharica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 131 births that decade — 53% of Sharica's all-time total
Sharica decade highlights
- Peak decade 131 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sharica's strongest decade
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% 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, 1973–1996 (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.