Sharra — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sharra

The Social Security Administration has registered 457 babies named Sharra between 1954 and 2001, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharra performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 162 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sharra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharra in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharra 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 457 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.