Shera — girls' name
1,507 babies named Shera in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Shera was born in this single decade.
135 babies were named Shera in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shera
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,507 babies named Shera between 1938 and 2013, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shera currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 135 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shera performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 602 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Shera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shera in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shera 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 1,507 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.
Shera at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1938
- Peak year (1986)
- 135
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
1,507 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 135 births in a single year.
Shera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 602 births that decade — 40% of Shera's all-time total
Shera decade highlights
- Peak decade 602 births
- Runner-up 383 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shera's strongest decade
602 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Shera by state
Where Shera concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 70 | 4.6% |
| #2 | California | | 63 | 4.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 31 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 22 | 1.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 22 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 18 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 16 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 15 | 1.0% |
70 of 1,507 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.6% of nationwide
- California 4.2% of nationwide
- New York 2.1% of nationwide
- Florida 1.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Shera appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1938–2013 (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.