Sharon was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #8 in 1943 but is far less common today.
Sharon is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,256 for girl births in the United States (and #2,386 across all names), given to 179 babies. Sharon was first reported in SSA data in 1900 and peaked in 1947 (28,533 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 179 | 179 | #1,256 | — |
| 2024 | 192 | 192 | #1,229 | — |
| 2023 | 173 | 173 | #1,318 | — |
| 2022 | 207 | 207 | #1,205 | #12,095 |
| 2021 | 189 | 189 | #1,248 | — |
| 2020 | 208 | 208 | #1,144 | — |
| 2019 | 198 | 198 | #1,192 | — |
| 2018 | 220 | 220 | #1,115 | — |
| 2017 | 243 | 243 | #1,057 | — |
| 2016 | 306 | 306 | #926 | #9,537 |
| 2015 | 281 | 281 | #983 | #11,864 |
| 2014 | 326 | 326 | #872 | #6,989 |
| 2013 | 292 | 292 | #885 | — |
| 2012 | 334 | 334 | #821 | #12,048 |
| 2011 | 334 | 334 | #823 | #7,427 |
| 2010 | 348 | 353 | #802 | #11,969 |
| 2009 | 378 | 383 | #773 | #8,205 |
| 2008 | 479 | 479 | #645 | — |
| 2007 | 429 | 429 | #704 | #6,210 |
| 2006 | 485 | 495 | #615 | #6,396 |
| 2005 | 510 | 510 | #573 | #8,191 |
| 2004 | 527 | 533 | #551 | #6,906 |
| 2003 | 552 | 563 | #523 | #5,829 |
| 2002 | 548 | 555 | #511 | #6,456 |
| 2001 | 595 | 608 | #475 | #8,187 |
| 2000 | 679 | 695 | #421 | #8,094 |
| 1999 | 694 | 714 | #407 | #7,013 |
| 1998 | 703 | 716 | #397 | #5,410 |
| 1997 | 776 | — | #363 | #4,204 |
| 1996 | 876 | — | #326 | #4,577 |
| 1995 | 827 | — | #330 | #3,820 |
| 1994 | 874 | — | #318 | #3,881 |
| 1993 | 865 | — | #313 | #4,413 |
| 1992 | 956 | — | #299 | #3,725 |
| 1991 | 1,005 | — | #284 | #3,305 |
| 1990 | 1,027 | — | #274 | #3,288 |
| 1989 | 1,137 | — | #244 | #3,308 |
| 1988 | 1,219 | — | #217 | #2,587 |
| 1987 | 1,280 | — | #211 | #2,013 |
| 1986 | 1,450 | — | #187 | #2,497 |
| 1985 | 1,577 | — | #177 | #1,610 |
| 1984 | 1,645 | — | #169 | #3,079 |
| 1983 | 1,818 | — | #160 | #1,587 |
| 1982 | 2,060 | — | #144 | #1,730 |
| 1981 | 2,179 | — | #130 | #2,133 |
| 1980 | 2,415 | — | #129 | #1,798 |
| 1979 | 2,708 | — | #117 | #2,548 |
| 1978 | 2,781 | — | #106 | #1,955 |
| 1977 | 3,115 | — | #95 | #1,940 |
| 1976 | 3,482 | — | #81 | #1,777 |
| 1975 | 3,758 | — | #75 | #1,875 |
| 1974 | 4,305 | — | #70 | #1,688 |
| 1973 | 4,996 | — | #57 | #1,503 |
| 1972 | 6,152 | — | #50 | #1,323 |
| 1971 | 7,564 | — | #40 | #1,326 |
| 1970 | 9,232 | — | #37 | #1,114 |
| 1969 | 9,734 | — | #36 | #1,348 |
| 1968 | 10,389 | — | #32 | #1,065 |
| 1967 | 11,978 | — | #30 | #985 |
| 1966 | 13,119 | — | #28 | #983 |
| 1965 | 15,180 | — | #22 | #1,042 |
| 1964 | 16,497 | — | #20 | #1,110 |
| 1963 | 17,854 | — | #19 | #1,035 |
| 1962 | 19,682 | — | #17 | #1,066 |
| 1961 | 20,524 | — | #17 | #956 |
| 1960 | 20,451 | — | #16 | #1,317 |
| 1959 | 21,341 | — | #17 | #1,115 |
| 1958 | 21,167 | — | #17 | #1,058 |
| 1957 | 24,357 | — | #14 | #994 |
| 1956 | 26,936 | — | #13 | #1,017 |
| 1955 | 22,097 | — | #16 | #1,045 |
| 1954 | 22,267 | — | #16 | #1,100 |
| 1953 | 23,089 | — | #15 | #1,045 |
| 1952 | 23,431 | — | #14 | #1,091 |
| 1951 | 23,969 | — | #13 | #1,015 |
| 1950 | 24,645 | — | #11 | #1,270 |
| 1949 | 25,773 | — | #10 | #898 |
| 1948 | 26,208 | — | #9 | #850 |
| 1947 | 28,590 | — | #9 | #935 |
| 1946 | 27,907 | — | #9 | #722 |
| 1945 | 20,900 | — | #8 | #790 |
| 1944 | 22,530 | — | #8 | #625 |
| 1943 | 24,808 | — | #8 | #654 |
| 1942 | 19,726 | — | #11 | #731 |
| 1941 | 14,346 | — | #15 | #721 |
| 1940 | 11,185 | — | #17 | #781 |
| 1939 | 9,064 | — | #23 | #885 |
| 1938 | 7,290 | — | #30 | #938 |
| 1937 | 4,755 | — | #41 | #865 |
| 1936 | 3,606 | — | #60 | #1,165 |
| 1935 | 2,448 | — | #96 | #1,484 |
| 1934 | 1,377 | — | #150 | #1,490 |
| 1933 | 986 | — | #178 | #1,356 |
| 1932 | 725 | — | #228 | #1,771 |
| 1931 | 601 | — | #254 | #1,423 |
| 1930 | 538 | — | #289 | #2,061 |
| 1929 | 375 | — | #342 | #1,992 |
| 1928 | 168 | — | #554 | #3,319 |
| 1927 | 130 | — | #663 | #2,508 |
| 1926 | 123 | — | #685 | #3,107 |
| 1925 | 98 | — | #799 | #2,567 |
| 1924 | 63 | — | #1,027 | #4,273 |
| 1923 | 61 | — | #1,023 | #4,174 |
| 1922 | 54 | — | #1,184 | #2,776 |
| 1921 | 53 | — | #1,201 | #2,777 |
| 1920 | 35 | — | #1,541 | #4,210 |
| 1919 | 35 | — | #1,554 | #3,343 |
| 1918 | 31 | — | #1,637 | #4,101 |
| 1917 | 21 | — | #2,410 | #3,499 |
| 1916 | 31 | — | #1,793 | #2,515 |
| 1915 | 27 | — | #2,039 | #2,432 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | #2,838 | #2,870 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | #2,008 | #2,764 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,603 | — |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #2,809 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,934 | — |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #2,349 | — |
| 1902 | 6 | — | — | #1,119 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #2,190 | — |