Sharen

Last seen for girls in 2013 at #9,036

Peak · girls
1943 · 201 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,782
since 1934

Sharen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sharen has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #532, 1943girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2013#9,03612
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2007#12,6768
2006#17,1685
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2002#15,4325
2001#15,3525
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1999#12,6886
1998#12,4266
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1995#8,07910
1994#13,4305
1993#8,05210
1992#13,3175
1991#11,5096
1990#7,88010
1989#12,3625
1988#10,3866
1987—
1986#7,1349
1985#8,3187
1984#9,1446
1983#6,7059
1982#7,4698
1981#6,8049
1980#6,7899
1979#8,0617
1978#4,67914
1977#4,23516
1976#3,18822
1975#5,16111
1974#4,45913
1973#3,34219
1972#2,74725
1971#2,87424
1970#2,12038
1969#2,05837
1968#1,88740
1967#2,03933
1966#1,53253
1965#1,59549
1964#1,54854
1963#1,21881
1962#1,24778
1961#1,34369
1960#1,35067
1959#1,17482
1958#1,07595
1957#942119
1956#897124
1955#929112
1954#841125
1953#837122
1952#854116
1951#817120
1950#703149
1949#632171
1948#593197
1947#589209
1946#617165
1945#589153
1944#582158
1943#532201
1942#600153
1941#681106
1940#86867
1939#1,13241
1938#1,31631
1937#1,63022
1936#1,87317
1935#2,9269
1934#3,4497
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First appearance
1934

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 1951

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedMNIllinois: #628 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,484 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedWIMichigan: #602 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,212 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedSDIowa: #428 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,889 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedINOhio: #381 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,075 girlsOHPennsylvania: #383 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,425 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #861 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 15,115 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedHITexas: #997 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,995 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Sharen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Ohio#381 · 1 in 5,075
  2. Pennsylvania#383 · 1 in 5,425
  3. Iowa#428 · 1 in 5,889
  4. Michigan#602 · 1 in 11,212
  5. Illinois#628 · 1 in 11,484

Best ever in a state: #150 in Utah, 1943.

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Ohio#381181 in 5,075
Pennsylvania#383201 in 5,425
Iowa#42851 in 5,889
Michigan#60271 in 11,212
Illinois#62881 in 11,484
California#86181 in 15,115
Texas#99761 in 16,995
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1934
  • Peaked 1943 at #532 (201 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1940–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,942
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 41.8% of all girls named Sharen (1,580) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s127#1,132 (1939)#2,054
1940s1,580#532 (1943)#628
1950s1,164#703 (1950)#907
1960s561#1,218 (1963)#1,582
1970s189#2,120 (1970)#4,087
1980s68#6,705 (1983)#8,346
1990s58#7,880 (1990)#10,923
2000s23#12,676 (2007)#15,157
2010s12#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 1951

girls
#817
120 births · 1 in 15,007 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #817Sharen120
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 15,007 of them was named Sharen, which outranked 86.9% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sharen
  1. #813Maura121
  2. #813Rosalee121
  3. #813Selma121
  4. #817Sharen120
  5. #817Ofelia120
  6. #819Clementine119
  7. #819Elouise119
  8. #819Jerilyn119

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 345Rhona#1,333 → #988
  2. ↑ 307Bobbi#1,153 → #846
  3. ↑ 296Ricki#1,090 → #794
  4. ↑ 295Mindy#771 → #476
  5. ↑ 288Sharleen#1,053 → #765
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Sharman#668 → #1,063
  2. ↓ 343Manuela#773 → #1,116
  3. ↓ 294Allie#945 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 253Merrie#937 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 252Olive#891 → #1,143

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1951 →