Sharmila — girls' name
180 babies named Sharmila in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
180 girls have been named Sharmila since 1967, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1998.
- 180
- total births
- 1967–1998
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Sharmila was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Sharmila in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharmila
The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Sharmila between 1967 and 1998, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharmila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharmila performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sharmila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sharmila in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharmila 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 180 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.
Sharmila at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharmila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1967
- Peak year (1977)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
180 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 20 births in a single year.
Sharmila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 109 births that decade — 61% of Sharmila's all-time total
Sharmila decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sharmila's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Sharmila by state
Where Sharmila concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 180 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1967–1998 (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.