Girls' name · peaked in 1943
Sharon name popularity since 1925
725,652 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sharon. Half of them were born in 1954 or earlier, so the typical Sharon is about 72 years old in 2026. Sharon peaked in 1943 as the #8 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 725,652
- Named Sharon, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,256 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 722,648 girls · 3,004 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 1.80× its national share
Peak year is the year Sharon made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Sharon births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Sharon peaked in 1943.
- Fastest rise: Between 1933 and 1938, Sharon became 6.9× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1970 and 1975, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 190 to 1 in 391.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Sharon's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sharon.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sharon in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 837 | 57 | – |
| 1930s | 31,083 | 307 | #96 |
| 1940s | 221,237 | 736 | #8 |
| 1950s | 232,807 | 492 | #16 |
| 1960s | 154,905 | 503 | #22 |
| 1970s | 47,768 | 325 | #75 |
| 1980s | 16,502 | 278 | #177 |
| 1990s | 8,449 | 154 | #330 |
| 2000s | 5,085 | 97 | #573 |
| 2010s | 2,833 | 49 | #983 |
| 2020–25 | 1,142 | 6 | #1,256 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
60.2% of babies named Sharon from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Sharon is most popular
The index compares Sharon's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Sharon.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 1.80× | 6,043 |
| West Virginia | 1.66× | 10,612 |
| North Dakota | 1.56× | 3,577 |
| South Dakota | 1.54× | 3,571 |
| Nebraska | 1.49× | 7,618 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sharon and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Sharon (this page) | 722,648 | 1943 |
| Sharron | 16,840 | 1943 |
| Sharyn | 7,243 | 1945 |
| Sharen | 3,782 | 1943 |
| Sharan | 1,190 | 1947 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sharon's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sharon.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sharon (1943).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data