Sharna — girls' name
412 babies named Sharna in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Sharna was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Sharna in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharna
The Social Security Administration has registered 412 babies named Sharna between 1956 and 2006, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharna performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sharna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharna 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 412 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.
Sharna at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1956
- Peak year (1972)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
412 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 22 births in a single year.
Sharna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 142 births that decade — 34% of Sharna's all-time total
Sharna decade highlights
- Peak decade 142 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sharna's strongest decade
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1956–2006 (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.