Sharon — #1229 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sharon

The Social Security Administration has registered 722,841 babies named Sharon between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharon currently holds the #1229 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 28,533 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharon performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 232,809 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Sharon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 55,502 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharon in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharon 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 722,841 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.