Sharma — girls' name
434 babies named Sharma in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Sharma was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Sharma in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharma
The Social Security Administration has registered 434 babies named Sharma between 1935 and 1983, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharma performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sharma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sharma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharma 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 434 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.
Sharma at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1935
- Peak year (1969)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
434 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 24 births in a single year.
Sharma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 134 births that decade — 31% of Sharma's all-time total
Sharma decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 121 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sharma's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Sharma by state
Where Sharma concentrates geographically — total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 17 | 3.9% |
17 of 434 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1935–1983 (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.