Sharmain — girls' name
177 babies named Sharmain in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Sharmain was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Sharmain in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharmain
The Social Security Administration has registered 177 babies named Sharmain between 1955 and 1993, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharmain currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharmain performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sharmain shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharmain 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 177 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.
Sharmain at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharmain popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1955
- Peak year (1990)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
177 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 14 births in a single year.
Sharmain by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 56 births that decade — 32% of Sharmain's all-time total
Sharmain decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sharmain's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% 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, 1955–1993 (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.