first name
SHARA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,941 people named Shara, 66.3% reported their origin as White, 16.8% as Black and 7% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Shara peaked in 1979, when 232 babies got the name.
At least 4,950 babies have been given the name since 1927. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Shara by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,616. The largest share of babies named Shara, 39.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Shara is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shara has been most common in Texas (2.8×), California (2×), and Utah (1.9×), and least common in Georgia (0.54×).
2,111 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Shara
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shara, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Shara ranks #118,445 of 156,621, with 155 people. See Shara as a last name
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