Girls' name · since 1971
Sharnee
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 102 babies named Sharnee, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,942 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
102 girls have been named Sharnee since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sharnee has 102 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1997.
- #26,942 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 102 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharnee ranks #26,942 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 102 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,942 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sharnee's 102 recorded births place it above 62.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharnee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sharnee splits its recorded history at 1988: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sharnee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1997
- Peak year (1988)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Sharnee by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (49 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Sharnee's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Sharnee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 49 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Sharnee's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 1990s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sharnee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sharnee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.