Sharman

Last seen for girls in 1983 at #8,047 · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #5,587
Given to girls 97.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1950 · 160 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,014
since 1947

Sharman over time

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Rank among girls' names. Sharman has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #668, 1950girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1983#8,0477
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1980#8,1787
1979#9,0106
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1977#6,8928
1976#6,0489#5,5875
1975#6,4848
1974#4,22714
1973#4,36213
1972#3,17720
1971#2,47730#4,9075
1970#2,45030
1969#2,29631
1968#2,12632
1967#2,03933#3,2317
1966#2,51923
1965#4,4949
1964#5,0088
1963#4,01911
1962#4,26310
1961#3,46014
1960#3,68812
1959#4,03110
1958#2,20926
1957#1,75438
1956#1,73837
1955#2,10826
1954#1,73935
1953#1,47344
1952#1,19563
1951#1,06376
1950#668160#3,3296
1949#771126
1948#1,70830
1947#4,0078
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five girls were named Sharman! It came in at #4,007, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Sharman
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
  • Biggest jump: 937 spots in 1949 (#1,708#771)
  • Biggest drop: 395 spots in 1951 (#668#1,063)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1950 at #668 (160 births)
  • Births halved by 1951, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1949–1950
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,707
  • Highest: 1 in 10,707 girls born in 1950 were named Sharman (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 238,658 girls born in 1983 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 50.8% of all girls named Sharman (515) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s164#771 (1949)#2,162
1950s515#668 (1950)#1,798
1960s183#2,039 (1967)#3,391
1970s138#2,450 (1970)#5,014
1980s14#8,047 (1983)#8,113

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.

Sharman in 1956

girls
#1,738
37 births · 1 in 54,262 girls

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #1,738Sharman37
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 54,262 of them was named Sharman, which outranked 74.8% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sharman
  1. #1,717Vilma38
  2. #1,717Windy38
  3. #1,717Wynona38
  4. #1,738Sharman37
  5. #1,738Berlinda37
  6. #1,738Celine37
  7. #1,738Cristi37
  8. #1,760Agatha36
  9. #1,760Arla36
  10. #1,760Brunilda36

Tied with 21 names at #1,738; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956