Sherah — girls' name
193 babies named Sherah in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
193 girls have been named Sherah since 1973, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1998.
- 193
- total births
- 1973–1998
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
62% of everyone ever named Sherah was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Sherah in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sherah
The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Sherah between 1973 and 1998, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sherah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sherah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sherah 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 193 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.
Sherah at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sherah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1973
- Peak year (1981)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
193 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 19 births in a single year.
Sherah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 119 births that decade — 62% of Sherah's all-time total
Sherah decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sherah's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Sherah by state
Where Sherah concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 193 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1973–1998 (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.