Sheron
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 89.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 128 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,379since 1934
Sheron over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
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| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #2,901 | 31 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #2,477 | 37 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #1,856 | 45 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #1,534 | 64 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #1,518 | 65 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #1,607 | 51 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,382 | 63 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,515 | 54 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,274 | 71 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,292 | 73 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,184 | 87 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,312 | 70 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,262 | 72 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,136 | 87 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,044 | 100 | — | |
| 1956 | #999 | 105 | — | |
| 1955 | #925 | 113 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,093 | 81 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #1,082 | 79 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,138 | 69 | — | |
| 1951 | #908 | 101 | — | |
| 1950 | #945 | 90 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #868 | 102 | — | |
| 1948 | #805 | 115 | — | |
| 1947 | #759 | 128 | — | |
| 1946 | #712 | 128 | — | |
| 1945 | #720 | 107 | — | |
| 1944 | #758 | 102 | — | |
| 1943 | #792 | 96 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #832 | 84 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,052 | 48 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,010 | 50 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sheron! It came in at #2,741, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997–2003, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sheron is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#444 · 1 in 5,260
- North Carolina#470 · 1 in 6,034
- Tennessee#509 · 1 in 7,340
- Pennsylvania#615 · 1 in 12,781
- Texas#618 · 1 in 6,836
Best ever in a state: #153 in Utah, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #444 | 7 | 1 in 5,260 |
| North Carolina | #470 | 8 | 1 in 6,034 |
| Tennessee | #509 | 5 | 1 in 7,340 |
| Pennsylvania | #615 | 8 | 1 in 12,781 |
| Texas | #618 | 14 | 1 in 6,836 |
| Illinois | #728 | 6 | 1 in 14,495 |
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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 Sheron
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1942 (#1,052 → #832)
- Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1952 (#908 → #1,138)
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1946 at #712 (128 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1942–1951
- Highest: 1 in 12,216 girls born in 1945 were named Sheron (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #712 in 1946, was only 1 in 12,276 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.4% of all girls named Sheron (960) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 131 | #1,102 (1939) | #1,852 |
| 1940s | 960 | #712 (1946) | #831 |
| 1950s | 897 | #908 (1951) | #1,053 |
| 1960s | 644 | #1,184 (1961) | #1,411 |
| 1970s | 426 | #1,518 (1970) | #2,137 |
| 1980s | 210 | #2,901 (1982) | #4,083 |
| 1990s | 94 | #4,998 (1993) | #9,081 |
| 2000s | 17 | #12,761 (2004) | #14,751 |
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.
Sheron in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 19,034 of them was named Sheron, which outranked 84.5% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 358,052 of them was named Sheron, which outranked 12.3% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 515 names at #3,681; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.