Girls' name · since 1948
Shere
253 babies named Shere in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 253
- born since 1948
- 1980s
- peak decade
253 girls have been named Shere since 1948, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Shere recorded 253 times among girls since 1948, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1989.
- #17,502 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 253 born since 1948
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shere ranks #17,502 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 253 born since 1948, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 253
- born since 1948
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shere's 253 recorded births place it above 75.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shere's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shere splits its recorded history at 1974: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shere popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1989
- Peak year (1980)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Shere by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (91 births, 36% of the file).
1980s was Shere's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Shere births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 33
1950s
33 births
- 1960s
1960s
45 births
- 1970s
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
91 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 91 births (36% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shere: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1948–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shere draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.