How Many People Are Named Sharika?
An estimated 1,231 people in the United States have the first name Sharika. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 39 years old, and Sharika peaked in popularity in 1987 with 84 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sharika 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 Sharika paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,231
About 1 in 278,436 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
39
years old
Peak Year
1987
84 births
Total Registered
1,300
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sharika
Sharika is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,300 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sharika as a female name
Ranked #17,611 in 2019
5 female births in 2019
Peak: 1987 (84 births)
Sharika: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sharika span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 652 babies were registered. Sharika has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Sharika by Decade
How has Sharika 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.
Sharika by State
Birth registrations for Sharika span all 17 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia. The lowest are in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky. On average, about 29 Sharikas were registered per state.
Sharika + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sharika as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sharika
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Sharika: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sharika?
We estimate approximately 1,231 people named Sharika 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 278,436 Americans share this first name.
Is Sharika a common name?
Sharika is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,300 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sharika most popular?
Sharika reached peak popularity in 1987, when 84 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sharika is approximately 39 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sharika a female name?
Sharika is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sharika Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sharika Smith, Sharika Johnson, Sharika 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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