Names / Girl names
Sharon
Current rank
#1,256
holding steady
All-time peak
#8
in 1943
First recorded
1900
in U.S. data
Children named
726,100
since 1900
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #8 in 1943 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Sharon first appears in American naming records in 1900, where it reads as a girls' name. Its strongest year was 1943, at #8 nationally. It currently sits off the most-common lists, a quieter choice. Across all years, more than 726,100 children have been named this.