Sharon
Hebrew, the fertile coastal plain of Israel; a place name before a given name.
Popularity, 1880–2025
The fertile plain of Sharon from the Song of Songs, a 1940s top-10 name.
Sharon first shows up in the national records in 1900. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1935 to 1977. It spent 7 years inside the top 10. Its biggest year was 1947, when 28,533 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 9 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1943, at No. 8. All told, 726,130 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Sharron (17,226), Sharyn (7,243), Sharen (3,782), Sharan (1,248), Shareen (986), Sharone (733) (total births since 1880)
Explore Sharon interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 17 | No. 1763 |
| 1910s | 133 | No. 1527 |
| 1920s | 1,063 | No. 342 |
| 1930s | 31,083 | No. 23 |
| 1940s | 221,237 | No. 8 |
| 1950s | 232,807 | No. 11 |
| 1960s | 154,905 | No. 16 |
| 1970s | 47,768 | No. 37 |
| 1980s | 16,502 | No. 129 |
| 1990s | 8,449 | No. 274 |
| 2000s | 5,085 | No. 421 |
| 2010s | 2,833 | No. 801 |
| 2020s | 1,142 | No. 1140 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.