Sharnay — girls' name
129 babies named Sharnay in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
129 girls have been named Sharnay since 1980, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2006.
- 129
- total births
- 1980–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Sharnay was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Sharnay in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharnay
The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Sharnay between 1980 and 2006, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharnay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharnay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sharnay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sharnay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharnay 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 129 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.
Sharnay at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharnay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1980
- Peak year (1988)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
129 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 15 births in a single year.
Sharnay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 73 births that decade — 57% of Sharnay's all-time total
Sharnay decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sharnay's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Sharnay by state
Where Sharnay concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 129 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 3.9% 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, 1980–2006 (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.