Shara
Shara is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 719th, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1979232 births
- Best rank
- #719in 1979
- Since 1927
- 4,939people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,939 girls have been named Shara in the United States since 1927, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 232 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 232 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1980s alone account for 33%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Shara | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 22 | |
| 1940s | 181 | |
| 1950s | 253 | |
| 1960s | 602 | |
| 1970s | 1,378 | |
| 1980s | 1,626 | |
| 1990s | 525 | |
| 2000s | 234 | |
| 2010s | 86 | |
| 2020s | 27 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Shara was the 719th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Shara
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aprilpeak 1980
- Shaunapeak 1979
- Shaunnapeak 1978
- Sheritapeak 1981
- Danellepeak 1974
- Adrianepeak 1983
- Chrystalpeak 1982
- Mellisapeak 1979
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.