Sharrod — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sharrod

The Social Security Administration has registered 563 babies named Sharrod between 1972 and 2020, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sharrod currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharrod performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sharrod shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sharrod in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharrod 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 563 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.