Sharita
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 163 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,637since 1955
Sharita over time
Rank among girls' names. Sharita has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
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| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
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| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #3,351 | 33 |
| 1992 | #2,105 | 64 |
| 1991 | #1,779 | 80 |
| 1990 | #1,557 | 98 |
| 1989 | #1,717 | 79 |
| 1988 | #1,269 | 115 |
| 1987 | #1,195 | 121 |
| 1986 | #1,105 | 134 |
| 1985 | #945 | 165 |
| 1984 | #914 | 163 |
| 1983 | #1,030 | 136 |
| 1982 | #962 | 154 |
| 1981 | #1,109 | 125 |
| 1980 | #1,026 | 140 |
| 1979 | #1,125 | 119 |
| 1978 | #1,341 | 89 |
| 1977 | #1,331 | 86 |
| 1976 | #1,694 | 57 |
| 1975 | #1,516 | 67 |
| 1974 | #1,598 | 59 |
| 1973 | #1,510 | 62 |
| 1972 | #1,832 | 46 |
| 1971 | #2,035 | 41 |
| 1970 | #2,043 | 40 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sharita! It came in at #4,740, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sharita is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#432 · 1 in 3,340
- Missouri#518 · 1 in 4,583
- North Carolina#571 · 1 in 4,734
- Florida#618 · 1 in 4,917
- Georgia#677 · 1 in 5,803
Best ever in a state: #169 in District of Columbia, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #432 | 9 | 1 in 3,340 |
| Missouri | #518 | 7 | 1 in 4,583 |
| North Carolina | #571 | 7 | 1 in 4,734 |
| Florida | #618 | 11 | 1 in 4,917 |
| Georgia | #677 | 6 | 1 in 5,803 |
| Pennsylvania | #701 | 9 | 1 in 7,705 |
| Michigan | #764 | 7 | 1 in 8,380 |
| Ohio | #766 | 8 | 1 in 9,032 |
| Illinois | #995 | 7 | 1 in 10,736 |
| New York | #1,276 | 7 | 1 in 14,476 |
| Texas | #1,575 | 6 | 1 in 20,622 |
| California | #2,323 | 5 | 1 in 36,258 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sharita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Biggest jump: 147 spots in 1982 (#1,109 → #962)
- Biggest drop: 160 spots in 1986 (#945 → #1,105)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1984 at #914 (163 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1984–1985
- Highest: 1 in 10,330 girls born in 1984 were named Sharita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 350,949 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- 50.5% of all girls named Sharita (1,332) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 25 | #4,740 (1955) | #5,312 |
| 1960s | 151 | #2,411 (1965) | #3,791 |
| 1970s | 666 | #1,125 (1979) | #1,603 |
| 1980s | 1,332 | #914 (1984) | #1,127 |
| 1990s | 392 | #1,557 (1990) | #4,085 |
| 2000s | 61 | #6,208 (2000) | #12,211 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,547 (2013) | #16,656 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sharita in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 13,344 of them was named Sharita, which outranked 90.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,102Louisa126
- #1,102Nikita126
- #1,102Tai126
- #1,109Sharita125
- #1,109Deann125
- #1,109Julissa125
- #1,109Roseann125
- #1,114Angelic124
- #1,114Ayanna124
- #1,114Bonita124
Tied with 4 names at #1,109; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.