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Sharon

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~563,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,250 among girls
Births in 2025
179 726,130 since 1880
Typical age
69 years, median

Sharon popularity over time

Sharon rank by birth year, 1900–2025Sharon ranked #1,932 in 1900 and #1,250 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #8, in 1943.#10#100#1,000#1,250best #8 in 19431920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1900–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1947 is the peak year for Sharon, with 28,590 births. 1900 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Across the record, 43 years put Sharon in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #1,250, on 179 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 36%. Year on year the rank dropped by 27.

Babies named Sharon per yearPeaks at 28,590 births in 1947.28,590 in 194701920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Sharon?

An estimated 563,500 living Americans are called Sharon. SSA has recorded 726,130 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Sharon?

Half of living Sharons are older than 69, half younger. More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Sharon a mid-century name.

Your Sharon

Ages of living people named SharonHalf of living Sharons are older than 69 and half younger.median 69020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Sharon is most common

The name is concentrated in New York, at 1.8× the national rate. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida follow.

Where Sharon is used more than average4 states use the name Sharon more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.8× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: 1.4× the national ratePANew Jersey: 1.7× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 1.4× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Sharon is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 192 1.8×
New Jersey 79 1.7×
Pennsylvania 92 1.4×
Florida 152 1.4×

Sharon in England and Wales

ONS recorded 13 births named Sharon in 2025, ranking it #2,138.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Sharon comes from

Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (“the Sharon plain”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Sharon

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Sharon Stone American actress 1958 97
Sharon Tate American actress and model 1943–1969 66
Sharon den Adel Dutch singer 1974 47
Sharon Osbourne British-American television personality 1952 36
Sharon Gless American actress 1943 31
Sharon Lawrence American actress 1961 27
Sharon Van Etten American singer-songwriter 1981 24
Sharon Corr singer-songwriter from Ireland and member of The Corrs 1970 23
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,377 in 1934 to 2,448 in 1935 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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