girls:
634 births since 1962
#5082 (11th percentile)
boys:
127 births since 1972
#4459 (3rd percentile)
overall:
761 births since 1962
#6978 (10th percentile)
The name Sha is the #6,978 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 761 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 9.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,082 (11.1% percentile) for all time with 634 births since 1962. For boys, it ranks #4,459 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 127 births since 1972.
Sha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Sha is available in 47 out of the 59 years between 1962 and 2020 (45 years for girls and 19 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sha has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2020, 0.0% of babies named Sha were girls.
For girls, Sha reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #794) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
For boys, Sha reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #750) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sha".
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