Girls' name · since 1947
Sharmane
335 babies named Sharmane in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 335
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
335 girls have been named Sharmane since 1947, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sharmane has 335 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2000.
- #15,025 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 335 born since 1947
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharmane ranks #15,025 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 335 born since 1947, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 335
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sharmane's 335 recorded births place it above 79.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharmane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sharmane splits its recorded history at 1979: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1947 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sharmane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2000
- Peak year (1992)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Sharmane by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (92 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Sharmane's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Sharmane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
- 1970s
1970s
92 births
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 92 births (27% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sharmane's data
- Sharmane's decade-level peak was the 1970s (92 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sharmane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sharmane draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.