How Many People Are Named Shara?
An estimated 4,395 people in the United States have the first name Shara. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 46 years old, and Shara peaked in popularity in 1979 with 232 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Shara as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Shara paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
4,395
About 1 in 77,987 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
99.9% confidence
Average Age
46
years old
Peak Year
1979
232 births
Total Registered
4,944
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Shara
Shara is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 4,944 total births registered, 99.9% were female.
Shara as a male name
Ranked #6,200 in 1975
5 male births in 1975
Peak: 1975 (5 births)
Shara as a female name
Ranked #17,257 in 2024
5 female births in 2024
Peak: 1979 (232 births)
Shara: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Shara span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 1,626 babies were registered. Shara has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Shara by Decade
How has Shara tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Shara by State
Birth registrations for Shara span all 35 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, New York. The lowest are in South Carolina, New Mexico, Nebraska. On average, about 60 Sharas were registered per state.
Shara + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Shara as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Shara
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Shara: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Shara?
We estimate approximately 4,395 people named Shara are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 77,987 Americans share this first name.
Is Shara a common name?
Shara is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 4,944 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Shara most popular?
Shara reached peak popularity in 1979, when 232 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Shara is approximately 46 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Shara a female name?
Shara is predominantly female. 99.9% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Shara Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Shara Smith, Shara Johnson, Shara Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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