Sharmen — girls' name
35 babies named Sharmen in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
35 girls have been named Sharmen since 1958, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1973.
- 35
- total births
- 1958–1973
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Sharmen was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Sharmen in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharmen
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Sharmen between 1958 and 1973, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharmen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharmen performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sharmen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharmen 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 35 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.
Sharmen at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharmen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1958
- Peak year (1969)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
35 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 10 births in a single year.
Sharmen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 15 births that decade — 43% of Sharmen's all-time total
Sharmen decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Sharmen's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1958–1973 (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.