Sharis — girls' name
191 babies named Sharis in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
191 girls have been named Sharis since 1969, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2008.
- 191
- total births
- 1969–2008
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Sharis was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Sharis in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharis
The Social Security Administration has registered 191 babies named Sharis between 1969 and 2008, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharis performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sharis shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharis 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 191 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.
Sharis at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1969
- Peak year (1986)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
191 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 10 births in a single year.
Sharis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 59 births that decade — 31% of Sharis's all-time total
Sharis decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sharis's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% 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, 1969–2008 (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.