Baby name

Shara

Girl

Short-lived name

Shara peaked in 1979, when 1 baby in 14,339 was given the name. The trend faded fast: today's pace is 98% below the peak. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 13204. 33% of all babies named Shara since 1880 were born in the 1980s.

4,945births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 718rank at its peak, in 1979

Where babies named Shara are born

1979

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The darker the blue, the more common Shara is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Shara is most common in Texas (2.8 times), California (1.7) and New York (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Sara 436,193
Shari 40,927
Shana 29,635
Sharla 6,444
Shira 5,815
Sahara 4,729

Names from the same era

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