Sharmin — girls' name
363 babies named Sharmin in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Sharmin was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Sharmin in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharmin
The Social Security Administration has registered 363 babies named Sharmin between 1952 and 2002, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharmin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharmin performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sharmin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sharmin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharmin 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 363 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.
Sharmin at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharmin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1952
- Peak year (1969)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
363 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 23 births in a single year.
Sharmin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 120 births that decade — 33% of Sharmin's all-time total
Sharmin decade highlights
- Peak decade 120 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sharmin's strongest decade
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Sharmin by state
Where Sharmin concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 20 | 5.5% |
20 of 363 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.5% 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, 1952–2002 (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.