Sharon

#1,250 for girls in 2025, 179 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1943 · 24,712 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
43 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
723,024
since 1900

Sharon over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #8, 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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#1,250179—
2024#1,223192—
2023#1,310173—
2022#1,199201#10,8636
2021#1,242189—
2020#1,140208—
2019#1,186198—
2018#1,111220—
2017#1,055243—
2016#921298#8,8168
2015#982275#10,6446
2014#870314#6,63212
2013#884292—
2012#817328#10,7706
2011#821323#7,00911
2010#801342#10,7666
2009#771368#7,69210
2008#643479—
2007#701415#5,90114
2006#615472#6,09413
2005#571501#7,6409
2004#551516#6,52011
2003#523539#5,55813
2002#511537#6,08811
2001#474587#7,5368
2000#421671#7,4168
1999#407685#6,5309
1998#397691#5,15912
1997#363760#4,05916
1996#324862#4,39614
1995#330810#3,69317
1994#318857#3,75117
1993#313851#4,22714
1992#298939#3,60417
1991#284986#3,22419
1990#2741,008#3,16619
1989#2441,119#3,20518
1988#2171,196#2,50923
1987#2111,249#1,97431
1986#1871,428#2,42922
1985#1771,537#1,59440
1984#1691,630#2,95615
1983#1601,780#1,56238
1982#1442,026#1,70034
1981#1302,154#2,08625
1980#1292,383#1,76532
1979#1172,689#2,46519
1978#1062,755#1,91326
1977#953,089#1,90426
1976#813,453#1,74829
1975#753,732#1,83526
1974#704,276#1,65929
1973#574,963#1,48533
1972#506,111#1,30741
1971#407,523#1,30941
1970#379,177#1,10355
1969#369,698#1,32636
1968#3210,340#1,05749
1967#3011,923#98155
1966#2813,063#96856
1965#2215,129#1,03151
1964#2016,449#1,09648
1963#1917,800#1,02754
1962#1719,630#1,05652
1961#1720,459#95065
1960#1620,414#1,29537
1959#1721,292#1,10149
1958#1721,114#1,04953
1957#1424,298#98959
1956#1326,881#1,00855
1955#1622,044#1,03353
1954#1622,220#1,09647
1953#1523,040#1,03349
1952#1423,386#1,08145
1951#1323,920#1,00549
1950#1124,612#1,25633
1949#1025,713#88560
1948#926,143#84665
1947#928,533#92357
1946#927,824#71683
1945#820,838#78262
1944#822,433#62397
1943#824,712#65096
1942#1119,648#72978
1941#1514,272#71974
1940#1711,121#77064
1939#239,014#86750
1938#307,244#92746
1937#414,704#85851
1936#603,573#1,14233
1935#962,426#1,45322
1934#1501,355#1,46122
1933#178961#1,33025
1932#228707#1,71618
1931#253576#1,39425
1930#288523#1,96415
1929#342359#1,93316
1928#552160#3,0768
1927#659118#2,40812
1926#682114#2,9049
1925#79486#2,43512
1924#1,01757#3,8676
1923#1,01555#3,8226
1922#1,16843#2,63011
1921#1,18442#2,63211
1920#1,51129#3,8156
1919#1,52727#3,1158
1918#1,60025#3,7286
1917#2,31614#3,2177
1916#1,73920#2,38911
1915#1,96416#2,31011
1914#2,6388#2,6517
1913#1,88311#2,4966
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1911#2,4635—
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five girls were named Sharon! It came in at #1,932, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sharon is popular in 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedMNIllinois: #563 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 10,015 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedWIMichigan: #399 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,116 girlsMINew York: #640 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,676 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #494 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,273 girlsCAUtah: #200 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 994 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Sharon, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#200 · 1 in 994
  2. Michigan#399 · 1 in 5,116
  3. California#494 · 1 in 5,273
  4. Illinois#563 · 1 in 10,015
  5. New York#640 · 1 in 16,676

Best ever in a state: #1 in Idaho, 1939.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#20051 in 994
Michigan#39981 in 5,116
California#49471 in 5,273
Illinois#56361 in 10,015
New York#64061 in 16,676
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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 Sharon
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 27 spots since 2024 (#1,223 → #1,250)
  • 110 spots since 2020 (#1,140 → #1,250)
  • 268 spots since 2015 (#982 → #1,250)
  • Biggest jump: 223 spots in 1925 (#1,017 → #794)
  • Biggest drop: 134 spots in 2017 (#921 → #1,055)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1943 at #8 (24,712 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: 7 yrs · run 1943–1949
  • Top 100: 43 yrs · run 1935–1977
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1925–2016
Share of babies · girls
1 in 56
  • Highest: 1 in 56 girls born in 1943 were named Sharon (1.8%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,979 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 32.2% of all girls named Sharon (232,807) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s17#1,763 (1909)#1,919
1910s133#1,527 (1919)#2,054
1920s1,063#342 (1929)#892
1930s31,083#23 (1939)#135
1940s221,237#8 (1943)#10
1950s232,807#11 (1950)#15
1960s154,905#16 (1960)#24
1970s47,768#37 (1970)#73
1980s16,502#129 (1980)#177
1990s8,449#274 (1990)#331
2000s5,085#421 (2000)#578
2010s2,833#801 (2010)#945
2020s1,142#1,140 (2020)#1,227

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.

Sharon in 1925

girls
#794
86 births · 1 in 14,156 girls
boys
#2,435
12 births · 1 in 92,993 boys

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #794Sharon86

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #2,435Sharon12
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 14,156 of them was named Sharon, which outranked 86.2% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sharon
  1. #791Elmira87
  2. #791Rutha87
  3. #791Sibyl87
  4. #794Sharon86
  5. #794Adelina86
  6. #794Delfina86
  7. #794Harold86
  8. #800Bernardine85
  9. #800Delois85
  10. #800Kattie85

Tied with 5 names at #794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 605Nanette#1,475 → #870
  2. ↑ 417Paulina#1,258 → #841
  3. ↑ 353Estela#1,258 → #905
  4. ↑ 323Delois#1,123 → #800
  5. ↑ 313Veola#1,301 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 610Kathlyn#999 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 396Izetta#951 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 355Loma#941 → #1,296
  4. ↓ 345Phylis#880 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 309Eris#728 → #1,037

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

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 92,993 of them was named Sharon, which outranked 50.0% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sharon
  1. #2,313Wirt13
  2. #2,313Wood13
  3. #2,313Worthy13
  4. #2,435Sharon12
  5. #2,435Abelino12
  6. #2,435Alban12
  7. #2,435Albertus12
  8. #2,588Abie11
  9. #2,588Adalberto11
  10. #2,588Admiral11

Tied with 152 names at #2,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 548Okey#1,532 → #984
  2. ↑ 494Eddy#1,492 → #998
  3. ↑ 422Terrence#1,223 → #801
  4. ↑ 371Hughie#1,355 → #984
  5. ↑ 363Rexford#1,287 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Baxter#916 → #1,360
  2. ↓ 429Adelbert#817 → #1,246
  3. ↓ 407Jonnie#925 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 406Faustino#984 → #1,390
  5. ↓ 387Deward#859 → #1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →