Feminine dossier · first seen 1927

Shara

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shara
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.8% from peak

Peak era

1979

Peak rank proxy

232

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1927Peak 19792024

Peak year

1979

Decline from peak

97.8%

2024

All-time

4,939

Shara once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1979, when 232 girls were named Shara.

In 2024, only 5 girls were given the name.

Down 97.8% from its peak.

All told, about 4,939 Americans have been named Shara and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1927.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.8% from peak

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