Girls' name · peaked in 1943
Sharron name popularity since 1925
17,210 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sharron (97.9% girls, 2.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1951 or earlier, so the typical Sharron is about 75 years old in 2026. Sharron peaked in 1943 as the #226 name for girls, and fewer than 5 girls got it in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,210
- Named Sharron, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 girls named Sharron in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 97.9% girls
- 16,840 girls · 370 boys
- Most popular in
- Alabama
- 3.01× its national share
Peak year is the year Sharron 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.
Sharron births per year, 1925–2025
1943 was the biggest year for Sharron both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1936 and 1941, Sharron became 3× more common, from 1 in 6,980 baby girls to 1 in 2,340.
- Steepest fall: Between 1946 and 1951, its share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 2,040 to 1 in 4,440.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Sharron's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sharron.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sharron 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 | 21 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 1,244 | 5 | #727 |
| 1940s | 6,547 | 37 | #282 |
| 1950s | 3,669 | 8 | #497 |
| 1960s | 2,590 | 19 | #643 |
| 1970s | 1,500 | 97 | #1,019 |
| 1980s | 747 | 93 | #1,829 |
| 1990s | 381 | 85 | #3,483 |
| 2000s | 112 | 13 | #10,802 |
| 2010s | 29 | 13 | #18,725 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
45.5% of babies named Sharron from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Sharron is most popular
The index compares Sharron'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 Sharron.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 3.01× | 758 |
| Mississippi | 2.78× | 480 |
| Arkansas | 2.38× | 349 |
| Michigan | 2.10× | 1,143 |
| Oklahoma | 1.89× | 350 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sharron 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sharron (this page) | 16,840 | 1943 |
| Sharon | 722,648 | 1943 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sharron's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sharron.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sharron (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