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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shera

Shera was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 1104th with 135 babies. More babies were named Shera in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1986135 babies
Total since 1880
1,507babies recorded

Shera popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#12,9397
1990#3,89227
1980#1,76163
1970#3,01123
1960#3,48714
1950#4,2638
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shera, counting every spelling?

Shera has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shera?

About 1,400 people born in the US named Shera are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 40 and 55. That makes Shera mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Shera by state

How common Shera was among girls born in each state in 1984–1988, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in North Carolina (2.6×). In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesNY0.05Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesPA0.03New Jersey: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.02Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMD0.11Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesNC0.12South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesLA0.08Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesGA0.07Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesFL0.07
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shera, girls, 1984–1988. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Shera: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shera, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shera

How popular is the name Shera?

Shera was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 1104th with 135 babies. More babies were named Shera in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Shera a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,507 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shera most popular?

In 1984–1988, Shera was most common in North Carolina (0.12 per 1,000 girls), followed by Maryland and Louisiana.