Sha
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
- Given to girls 83.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 30 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 639since 1962
Sha over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
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| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #2,741 | 30 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
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| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1962
The first year at least five girls were named Sha! It came in at #6,578, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1965, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sha is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Sha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 1978 at #2,741 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 51,062
- Highest: 1 in 51,062 girls born in 1978 were named Sha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 30.0% of all girls named Sha (192) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49 | #4,198 (1966) | #5,154 |
| 1970s | 192 | #2,741 (1978) | #3,653 |
| 1980s | 150 | #3,253 (1989) | #5,801 |
| 1990s | 184 | #3,443 (1991) | #5,823 |
| 2000s | 37 | #9,264 (2004) | #12,418 |
| 2010s | 22 | #14,582 (2013) | #15,466 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,293 (2024) | #15,293 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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