girls:
4.9k births since 1927
#2413 (58th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1975
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
4.9k births since 1927
#3884 (50th percentile)
The name Shara is the #3,884 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,939 recorded births since 1927. This represents the 49.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,413 (57.8% percentile) for all time with 4,934 births since 1927. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1975.
Shara first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1927 (1927 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Shara is available in 85 out of the 96 years between 1927 and 2022 (85 years for girls and 1 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 Shara has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shara reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 28.5% percentile (ranked #562) with 135 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 135 births per million (ranked 28.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Shara reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #660) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1975.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shara".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shara. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.0% confident that Shara is pronounced as SHAH-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEH-ruh, at 22.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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