Shahara

Peak · girls
1978 · 20 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
212
since 1957

Shahara over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shahara has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19501960197019801990200020102020peak #3,637, 1978girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001—
2000#9,16310
1999#14,4115
1998—
1997—
1996#10,5677
1995—
1994#7,09712
1993#10,5887
1992#7,06712
1991#7,98710
1990#8,5019
1989#10,8476
1988—
1987#6,78810
1986#7,1349
1985#5,67812
1984#9,1446
1983#7,3128
1982—
1981#5,88511
1980#8,1787
1979#4,23117
1978#3,63720
1977#5,53211
1976—
1975#9,0675
1974—
1973#6,6667
1972—
1971—
1970—
1969#7,4715
1968—
1967—
1966—
1965—
1964—
1963—
1962—
1961—
1960—
1959—
1958—
1957#5,3776
1956—
1955—
1954—
1953—
1952—
1951—
1950—
1949—
1948—
1947—
1946—
1945—
1944—
1943—
1942—
1941—
1940—
1939—
1938—
1937—
1936—
1935—
1934—
1933—
1932—
1931—
1930—
1929—
1928—
1927—
1926—
1925—
1924—
1923—
1922—
1921—
1920—
1919—
1918—
1917—
1916—
1915—
1914—
1913—
1912—
1911—
1910—
1909—
1908—
1907—
1906—
1905—
1904—
1903—
1902—
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896—
1895—
1894—
1893—
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1957

The first year at least five girls were named Shahara! It came in at #5,377, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1958–1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shahara is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shahara in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shahara
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1957
  • Peaked 1978 at #3,637 (20 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 76,593
  • Highest: 1 in 76,593 girls born in 1978 were named Shahara (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 181,604 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 32.5% of all girls named Shahara (69) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s6#5,377 (1957)#5,377
1960s5#7,471 (1969)#7,471
1970s60#3,637 (1978)#5,827
1980s69#5,678 (1985)#7,621
1990s62#7,067 (1992)#9,460
2000s10#9,163 (2000)#9,163

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.

Want to check a specific year?

See where Shahara ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: