Sharod — #8438 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sharod

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,311 babies named Sharod between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sharod currently holds the #8438 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharod performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 359 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sharod shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 145 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharod in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharod 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 1,311 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.