Sharman — girls' name
1,014 babies named Sharman in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Sharman was born in this single decade.
160 babies were named Sharman in 1950 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharman
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,014 babies named Sharman between 1947 and 1983, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharman currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 160 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharman performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 515 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sharman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharman in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharman 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 1,014 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.
Sharman at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharman popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1947
- Peak year (1950)
- 160
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
1,014 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 160 births in a single year.
Sharman popularity over time — boys
28 total births recorded since 1929 (Sharman as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Sharman accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sharman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 515 births that decade — 51% of Sharman's all-time total
Sharman decade highlights
- Peak decade 515 births
- Runner-up 183 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Sharman's strongest decade
515 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Sharman by state
Where Sharman concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 63 | 6.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 58 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 42 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 24 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 23 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Iowa | | 18 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 16 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 13 | 1.3% |
63 of 1,014 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.2% of nationwide
- New York 5.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.1% of nationwide
- Texas 2.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sharman appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1947–1983 (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.