Sheran — girls' name
567 babies named Sheran in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
567 girls have been named Sheran since 1937, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1991.
- 567
- total births
- 1937–1991
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Sheran was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Sheran in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheran
The Social Security Administration has registered 567 babies named Sheran between 1937 and 1991, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheran currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 47 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheran performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 283 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sheran shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sheran in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheran 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 567 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.
Sheran at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheran popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1937
- Peak year (1947)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
567 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 47 births in a single year.
Sheran by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 283 births that decade — 50% of Sheran's all-time total
Sheran decade highlights
- Peak decade 283 births
- Runner-up 162 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Sheran's strongest decade
283 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Sheran by state
Where Sheran concentrates geographically — total births since 1937
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 29 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 14 | 2.5% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.9% |
29 of 567 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.5% of nationwide
- California 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.1% 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, 1937–1991 (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.