How Many People Are Named Shara?
people named Shara are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 74,398 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,950 babies named Shara in Social Security records from 1927 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
232 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Shara (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shara alive today is about 45 years old, and 77% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shara first appears in the records in 1927 and was given most often in 1979, to 232 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1927 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shara has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #719, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #14,675.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #14,675 |
| Best rank | #719 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #969 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shara alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shara were born in Texas than in any other state: about 432 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shara was given 2.7 times as often in Texas, 1.7 times in California and 1.5 times in New York.
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