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Shara Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Shara?

In 2018 the rare name Shara, ranked the 17,633rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Shara is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity ranking of #719 was reached in 1979 with 232 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Shara in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2016.

Shara, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1948-1951, 1958-1962, 1967-1971, and 1974-1979, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1989-1999, and 2006-2010.

Sometimes the name Shara has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Shara has been spiralling downward in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Shara has dropped significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Shara?

Shara's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Shara is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Shara has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Shara (Girl)Shara (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 5 17,633 < 5 --
2017 8 12,529 < 5 --
2016 < 5 -- < 5 --
2015 11 10,032 < 5 --
2014 9 11,779 < 5 --
2013 13 8,957 < 5 --
2012 8 13,267 < 5 --
2011 9 12,003 < 5 --
2010 15 8,221 < 5 --
2009 15 8,389 < 5 --
2008 17 7,694 < 5 --
2007 25 5,673 < 5 --
2006 21 6,309 < 5 --
2005 17 7,088 < 5 --
2004 23 5,520 < 5 --
2003 20 6,010 < 5 --
2002 25 4,876 < 5 --
2001 39 3,478 < 5 --
2000 31 4,060 < 5 --
1999 18 5,865 < 5 --
1998 36 3,414 < 5 --
1997 30 3,798 < 5 --
1996 44 2,788 < 5 --
1995 45 2,725 < 5 --
1994 52 2,454 < 5 --
1993 56 2,317 < 5 --
1992 63 2,154 < 5 --
1991 91 1,653 < 5 --
1990 90 1,653 < 5 --
1989 112 1,369 < 5 --
1988 107 1,340 < 5 --
1987 113 1,255 < 5 --
1986 155 1,000 < 5 --
1985 164 948 < 5 --
1984 191 826 < 5 --
1983 183 841 < 5 --
1982 210 781 < 5 --
1981 180 864 < 5 --
1980 210 783 < 5 --
1979 232 719 < 5 --
1978 171 862 < 5 --
1977 149 935 < 5 --
1976 126 1,003 < 5 --
1975 123 997 5 6,198
1974 115 1,042 < 5 --
1973 129 943 < 5 --
1972 100 1,115 < 5 --
1971 126 998 < 5 --
1970 106 1,118 < 5 --
1969 85 1,213 < 5 --
1968 72 1,307 < 5 --
1967 70 1,313 < 5 --
1966 72 1,282 < 5 --
1965 58 1,458 < 5 --
1964 51 1,608 < 5 --
1963 48 1,669 < 5 --
1962 64 1,392 < 5 --
1961 52 1,575 < 5 --
1960 30 2,141 < 5 --
1959 30 2,100 < 5 --
1958 25 2,303 < 5 --
1957 27 2,157 < 5 --
1956 26 2,186 < 5 --
1955 15 3,076 < 5 --
1954 20 2,506 < 5 --
1953 28 1,966 < 5 --
1952 25 2,067 < 5 --
1951 32 1,731 < 5 --
1950 24 1,995 < 5 --
1949 24 2,005 < 5 --
1948 15 2,684 < 5 --
1947 26 1,936 < 5 --
1946 15 2,580 < 5 --
1945 14 2,435 < 5 --
1944 15 2,378 < 5 --
1943 26 1,696 < 5 --
1942 15 2,402 < 5 --
1941 24 1,644 < 5 --
1940 7 3,811 < 5 --
1939 13 2,394 < 5 --
1938 9 3,151 < 5 --
1937 < 5 -- < 5 --
1936 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1927 5 5,509 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.