Sharnise — girls' name
119 babies named Sharnise in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
119 girls have been named Sharnise since 1982, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1993.
- 119
- total births
- 1982–1993
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
59% of everyone ever named Sharnise was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Sharnise in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharnise
The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Sharnise between 1982 and 1993, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharnise currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharnise performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sharnise shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. 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 Sharnise in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharnise 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 119 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.
Sharnise at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharnise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1982
- Peak year (1988)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
119 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 38 births in a single year.
Sharnise by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 70 births that decade — 59% of Sharnise's all-time total
Sharnise decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sharnise's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Sharnise by state
Where Sharnise concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 4.2% |
5 of 119 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 4.2% 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, 1982–1993 (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.