Shara
Shara was the 14680th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 719th with 232 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,627 places. More babies were named Shara in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #14,680 girls, up 2,471 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1979232 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,950babies recorded
Shara popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1975.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,680 | 6 |
| 2020 | #17,151 | 5 |
| 2010 | #8,231 | 15 |
| 2000 | #4,062 | 31 |
| 1990 | #1,655 | 90 |
| 1980 | #783 | 210 |
| 1970 | #1,117 | 106 |
| 1960 | #2,142 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,994 | 24 |
| 1940 | #3,811 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Shara, counting every spelling?
Shara has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Shara?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shara (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shara born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shara.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shara?
About 4,600 people born in the US named Shara are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 39 and 54. That makes Shara mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Shara: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shara, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Shara
How popular is the name Shara?
Shara was the 14680th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 719th with 232 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,627 places. More babies were named Shara in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Shara a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shara in the US.