Sharima — girls' name
28 babies named Sharima in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
28 girls have been named Sharima since 1972, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1984.
- 28
- total births
- 1972–1984
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Sharima was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Sharima in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharima
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Sharima between 1972 and 1984, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharima currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharima performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sharima shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sharima in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharima 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 28 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.
Sharima at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1972
- Peak year (1973)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
28 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 9 births in a single year.
Sharima by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 14 births that decade — 50% of Sharima's all-time total
Sharima decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sharima's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Sharima by state
Where Sharima concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 21.4% |
6 of 28 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 21.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 21.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1972–1984 (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.