Sharen
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #9,036
- Peak · girls
- 1943 · 201 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,782since 1934
Sharen over time
Rank among girls' names. Sharen has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
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| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
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| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
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| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 |
| 1968 | #1,887 | 40 |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,532 | 53 |
| 1965 | #1,595 | 49 |
| 1964 | #1,548 | 54 |
| 1963 | #1,218 | 81 |
| 1962 | #1,247 | 78 |
| 1961 | #1,343 | 69 |
| 1960 | #1,350 | 67 |
| 1959 | #1,174 | 82 |
| 1958 | #1,075 | 95 |
| 1957 | #942 | 119 |
| 1956 | #897 | 124 |
| 1955 | #929 | 112 |
| 1954 | #841 | 125 |
| 1953 | #837 | 122 |
| 1952 | #854 | 116 |
| 1951 | #817 | 120 |
| 1950 | #703 | 149 |
| 1949 | #632 | 171 |
| 1948 | #593 | 197 |
| 1947 | #589 | 209 |
| 1946 | #617 | 165 |
| 1945 | #589 | 153 |
| 1944 | #582 | 158 |
| 1943 | #532 | 201 |
| 1942 | #600 | 153 |
| 1941 | #681 | 106 |
| 1940 | #868 | 67 |
| 1939 | #1,132 | 41 |
| 1938 | #1,316 | 31 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sharen! It came in at #3,449, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sharen is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#319 · 1 in 3,804
- Maryland#339 · 1 in 3,743
- Iowa#353 · 1 in 4,548
- Minnesota#385 · 1 in 5,416
- Oklahoma#386 · 1 in 3,584
Best ever in a state: #150 in Utah, 1943.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #319 | 27 | 1 in 3,804 |
| Maryland | #339 | 6 | 1 in 3,743 |
| Iowa | #353 | 6 | 1 in 4,548 |
| Minnesota | #385 | 6 | 1 in 5,416 |
| Oklahoma | #386 | 6 | 1 in 3,584 |
| Missouri | #392 | 8 | 1 in 4,843 |
| Ohio | #485 | 11 | 1 in 7,883 |
| California | #524 | 18 | 1 in 6,290 |
| Illinois | #571 | 9 | 1 in 9,534 |
| Michigan | #609 | 6 | 1 in 11,781 |
| New York | #746 | 9 | 1 in 15,767 |
| Texas | #958 | 6 | 1 in 15,788 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sharen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Biggest jump: 264 spots in 1940 (#1,132 → #868)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1958 (#942 → #1,075)
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1943 at #532 (201 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1940–1957
- Highest: 1 in 6,942 girls born in 1943 were named Sharen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,229 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- 41.8% of all girls named Sharen (1,580) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 127 | #1,132 (1939) | #2,054 |
| 1940s | 1,580 | #532 (1943) | #628 |
| 1950s | 1,164 | #703 (1950) | #907 |
| 1960s | 561 | #1,218 (1963) | #1,582 |
| 1970s | 189 | #2,120 (1970) | #4,087 |
| 1980s | 68 | #6,705 (1983) | #8,346 |
| 1990s | 58 | #7,880 (1990) | #10,923 |
| 2000s | 23 | #12,676 (2007) | #15,157 |
| 2010s | 12 | #9,036 (2013) | #9,036 |
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.
Sharen in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 10,005 of them was named Sharen, which outranked 89.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).