Girls' name · since 1973
Sharica
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.
- #17,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 249
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sharica sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 249 recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Sharica recorded 249 times among girls since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1996.
- #17,644 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 249 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharica ranks #17,644 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 249 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,644 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 249
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sharica's 249 recorded births place it above 75.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sharica splits its recorded history at 1986: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sharica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1996
- Peak year (1980)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Sharica by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (131 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Sharica's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Sharica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
- 1980s
1980s
131 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 131 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Sharica's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (131 total births) through the 1990s (65) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1973–1996 (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 Sharica 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.