Sharon Name Popularity

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How popular is Sharon?

In 2018 the uncommon name Sharon, ranked the 1,127th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

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

Its highest popularity RANKING of #8 was reached for the first time in 1943 and as recently as 1945.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1947 with 28,535 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Sharon in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1910.

Sharon, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1914-1947, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1947-1954, 1959-1990, and 2014-2017.

Sometimes the name Sharon 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 Sharon has been spiralling downward in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Sharon has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Sharon?

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

The name Sharon is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Sharon is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Sharon (Girl)		Sharon (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		216	1,127	< 5	--
2017		243	1,055	< 5	--
2016		297	925	8	9,519
2015		275	981	6	11,842
2014		313	874	12	6,974
2013		291	887	< 5	--
2012		327	823	6	12,028
2011		323	823	11	7,420
2010		342	801	6	11,962
2009		366	775	10	8,194
2008		479	644	< 5	--
2007		415	703	14	6,206
2006		471	616	13	6,396
2005		500	573	9	8,186
2004		516	551	11	6,901
2003		539	523	13	5,827
2002		536	512	11	6,454
2001		587	475	8	8,180
2000		670	421	8	8,091
1999		684	407	9	7,009
1998		691	397	12	5,408
1997		759	364	16	4,204
1996		861	326	14	4,576
1995		812	330	17	3,819
1994		857	318	17	3,880
1993		850	313	14	4,412
1992		938	299	17	3,722
1991		986	284	19	3,303
1990		1,008	274	19	3,287
1989		1,119	244	18	3,308
1988		1,196	217	23	2,585
1987		1,248	211	31	2,010
1986		1,428	187	22	2,496
1985		1,535	177	40	1,609
1984		1,630	170	15	3,079
1983		1,780	160	38	1,589
1982		2,026	144	34	1,728
1981		2,154	130	25	2,134
1980		2,384	129	32	1,799
1979		2,692	117	19	2,547
1978		2,757	106	27	1,903
1977		3,089	95	26	1,940
1976		3,453	81	29	1,775
1975		3,735	75	26	1,873
1974		4,277	70	29	1,691
1973		4,964	57	32	1,543
1972		6,110	50	42	1,304
1971		7,523	40	41	1,325
1970		9,176	37	55	1,113
1969		9,693	36	36	1,349
1968		10,339	32	49	1,065
1967		11,924	30	55	985
1966		13,061	28	56	981
1965		15,133	22	51	1,042
1964		16,448	20	48	1,109
1963		17,797	19	54	1,035
1962		19,632	17	52	1,066
1961		20,444	17	65	954
1960		20,423	16	37	1,316
1959		21,289	17	49	1,113
1958		21,106	17	53	1,056
1957		24,288	14	59	991
1956		26,886	13	55	1,018
1955		22,040	16	53	1,045
1954		22,210	16	47	1,103
1953		23,046	15	49	1,045
1952		23,386	14	45	1,090
1951		23,922	13	49	1,017
1950		24,613	11	33	1,270
1949		25,711	10	60	899
1948		26,142	9	65	850
1947		28,535	9	57	935
1946		27,824	9	83	721
1945		20,834	8	62	789
1944		22,430	9	97	625
1943		24,713	8	96	654
1942		19,647	11	78	731
1941		14,271	15	74	722
1940		11,118	17	63	786
1939		9,014	23	50	885
1938		7,244	30	46	939
1937		4,705	41	51	864
1936		3,573	60	33	1,164
1935		2,427	96	22	1,484
1934		1,355	150	22	1,491
1933		962	178	25	1,356
1932		708	228	18	1,770
1931		576	254	25	1,423
1930		523	289	15	2,061
1929		359	342	16	1,991
1928		160	554	8	3,320
1927		118	663	12	2,509
1926		114	685	9	3,108
1925		87	793	12	2,567
1924		57	1,027	6	4,274
1923		55	1,023	6	4,175
1922		43	1,183	11	2,775
1921		42	1,202	11	2,778
1920		29	1,541	6	4,209
1919		27	1,554	8	3,344
1918		25	1,637	6	4,102
1917		14	2,410	7	3,499
1916		20	1,793	11	2,515
1915		16	2,039	11	2,432
1914		8	2,838	7	2,870
1913		11	2,008	6	2,764
1912		7	2,603	< 5	--
1911		5	2,809	< 5	--
1910		< 5	--	< 5	--
1909		7	1,934	< 5	--
1908		< 5	--	< 5	--
1907		5	2,349	< 5	--
1906		< 5	--	< 5	--
1905		< 5	--	< 5	--
1904		< 5	--	< 5	--
1903		< 5	--	< 5	--
1902		< 5	--	6	1,119
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		5	2,191	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	< 5	--
1897		< 5	--	< 5	--
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	< 5	--
1894		< 5	--	< 5	--
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

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.