Sharisa — girls' name
103 babies named Sharisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
103 girls have been named Sharisa since 1971, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2002.
- 103
- total births
- 1971–2002
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Sharisa was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Sharisa in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 103 babies named Sharisa between 1971 and 2002, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharisa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sharisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharisa 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 103 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.
Sharisa at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1971
- Peak year (1979)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
103 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 10 births in a single year.
Sharisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 42 births that decade — 41% of Sharisa's all-time total
Sharisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sharisa's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1971–2002 (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.