first name
SHERON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,658 people named Sheron, 47.1% reported their origin as Black, 44.3% as White and 3.1% as two or more races. 91.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sheron peaked in 1946, when 128 babies got the name.
At least 3,768 babies have been given the name since 1934. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Sheron by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,425. The largest share of babies named Sheron, 46.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sheron is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sheron has been most common in South Carolina (6.1×), Mississippi (3.9×), and Alabama (3.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.49×).
1,433 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.
Exactly as common as Sheron
2 other first names also have 3,658 people.
Either side of Sheron
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sheron, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sheron ranks #59,100 of 156,621, with 370 people. See Sheron as a last name
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