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Sharon
Recorded 726,130 times in US records since 1900. Peak year: 1947.
#2378
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 18,521
U.S. · 2025 records
Rare gem
rarity tier
≈552,000
alive today (estimate)
↘ fading
10-yr trend
How many Sharons are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 552,000 Sharons are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 620 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Sharon through the years, 1900–2025

1947 · 28,590 28,590 0
19002025
Peak Sharon year: 1947 (ringed), with 28,590 recorded. Current usage: ~99% girls. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.