Girls' name · since 1972
Sharmeen
58 babies named Sharmeen in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,347 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sharmeen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 58 recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharmeen has been recorded 58 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1994.
- #33,347 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharmeen ranks #33,347 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #33,347 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sharmeen's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharmeen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sharmeen's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sharmeen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1994
- Peak year (1974)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Sharmeen by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (34 births, 59% of the file).
1970s was Sharmeen's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Sharmeen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s
1980s
14 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 34 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Sharmeen's decade-level peak was the 1970s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- 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 Sharmeen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1972–1994 (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 Sharmeen 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.