Shera
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #14,582
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 135 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,507since 1938
Shera over time
Rank among girls' names. Shera has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | #14,582 | 6 |
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| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 |
| 1989 | #3,330 | 31 |
| 1988 | #2,447 | 44 |
| 1987 | #1,838 | 63 |
| 1986 | #1,097 | 135 |
| 1985 | #1,178 | 120 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 |
| 1980 | #1,749 | 63 |
| 1979 | #1,897 | 55 |
| 1978 | #1,412 | 82 |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,396 | 32 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #2,276 | 33 |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 |
| 1968 | #1,975 | 37 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shera! It came in at #3,450, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1942, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shera is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#413 · 1 in 3,065
- North Carolina#456 · 1 in 3,556
- Georgia#584 · 1 in 4,710
- Tennessee#616 · 1 in 5,511
- Louisiana#634 · 1 in 4,700
Best ever in a state: #413 in Maryland, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #413 | 8 | 1 in 3,065 |
| North Carolina | #456 | 10 | 1 in 3,556 |
| Georgia | #584 | 8 | 1 in 4,710 |
| Tennessee | #616 | 5 | 1 in 5,511 |
| Louisiana | #634 | 6 | 1 in 4,700 |
| New Jersey | #835 | 5 | 1 in 8,398 |
| Florida | #889 | 8 | 1 in 8,304 |
| Ohio | #905 | 6 | 1 in 11,324 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,043 | 5 | 1 in 13,746 |
| Illinois | #1,237 | 5 | 1 in 14,187 |
| California | #1,385 | 13 | 1 in 15,977 |
| Texas | #1,396 | 8 | 1 in 16,459 |
| New York | #1,757 | 5 | 1 in 21,698 |
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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 Shera
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1986 at #1,097 (135 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,708 girls born in 1986 were named Shera (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 292,458 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- 39.9% of all girls named Shera (602) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 7 | #3,450 (1938) | #3,450 |
| 1940s | 80 | #2,447 (1943) | #3,423 |
| 1950s | 110 | #2,921 (1953) | #3,617 |
| 1960s | 198 | #1,975 (1968) | #2,943 |
| 1970s | 383 | #1,412 (1978) | #2,361 |
| 1980s | 602 | #1,097 (1986) | #2,188 |
| 1990s | 94 | #3,813 (1990) | #8,802 |
| 2000s | 27 | #11,325 (2003) | #12,725 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,582 (2013) | #14,582 |
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.
Shera in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 12,708 of them was named Shera, which outranked 91.5% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,093Jerica136
- #1,093Sarina136
- #1,093Shakira136
- #1,097Shera135
- #1,097Deandra135
- #1,097Francis135
- #1,097Jenni135
- #1,105Aaron134
- #1,105Kalie134
- #1,105Karly134
Tied with 7 names at #1,097; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.