How popular is the name Sharon?

Sharon ranks 38th among girls' names in US records, with 750,945 births since 1900. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,206.

Is Sharon a unisex name?

No. Sharon is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1947, when 29,645 children were given the name. It has been in use for 125 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Sherron, Sharron, Charron. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#38 of girl names

Pronounced SH AE1 R AH0 N (ARPABET)

Sharon is a girls' name, and first appears in 1900. It has been given to 750,945 children — the 38th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 44% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1947, when 29,645 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Sherron, Sharron and Charron — because they are pronounced identically.

1947Girls: 29,645Boys: 67

These spellings sound identical to Sharon and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Sharon?: Sharon ranks 38th among girls' names in US records, with 750,945 births since 1900. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,206.
Is Sharon a unisex name?: No. Sharon is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Sharon most popular?: 1947, when 29,645 children were given the name. It has been in use for 125 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Sharon spelled?: Sherron, Sharron, Charron. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.