Girls' name · since 1938
Sharin
Sharin has 398 recorded births since 1938 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1965 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,559 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 398
- born since 1938
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sharin is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 398 have been recorded since 1938.
Sharin has 398 recorded births among girls since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1998.
- #13,559 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 398 born since 1938
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharin ranks #13,559 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 398 born since 1938, peaking in the 1960s.
- #13,559 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 398
- born since 1938
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sharin's 398 recorded births place it above 81.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Sharin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sharin splits its recorded history at 1965: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1940 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1965 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sharin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1998
- Peak year (1965)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Sharin by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (117 births, 29% of the file).
1960s was Sharin's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Sharin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
77 births
- 1950s
1950s
74 births
- 1960s
1960s
117 births
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 117 births (29% of all-time use).
Sharin by state
Where Sharin concentrates geographically, total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 398 births nationwide.
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- Sharin's decade-level peak was the 1960s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Sharins (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sharin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~60 yrs)
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, 1938–1998 (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 Sharin 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.