Sheron
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 89.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 128 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,379since 1934
Sheron over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
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| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #2,901 | 31 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #2,477 | 37 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #1,856 | 45 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #1,534 | 64 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #1,518 | 65 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #1,607 | 51 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,382 | 63 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,515 | 54 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,274 | 71 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,292 | 73 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,184 | 87 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,312 | 70 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,262 | 72 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,136 | 87 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,044 | 100 | — | |
| 1956 | #999 | 105 | — | |
| 1955 | #925 | 113 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,093 | 81 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #1,082 | 79 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,138 | 69 | — | |
| 1951 | #908 | 101 | — | |
| 1950 | #945 | 90 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #868 | 102 | — | |
| 1948 | #805 | 115 | — | |
| 1947 | #759 | 128 | — | |
| 1946 | #712 | 128 | — | |
| 1945 | #720 | 107 | — | |
| 1944 | #758 | 102 | — | |
| 1943 | #792 | 96 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #832 | 84 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,052 | 48 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,010 | 50 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sheron! It came in at #2,741, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997–2003, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sheron is popular in 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#153 · 1 in 724
- Florida#339 · 1 in 2,697
Best ever in a state: #153 in Utah, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Utah | #153 | 7 | 1 in 724 |
| Florida | #339 | 6 | 1 in 2,697 |
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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 Sheron
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1942 (#1,052 → #832)
- Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1952 (#908 → #1,138)
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1946 at #712 (128 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1942–1951
- Highest: 1 in 12,216 girls born in 1945 were named Sheron (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #712 in 1946, was only 1 in 12,276 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.4% of all girls named Sheron (960) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 131 | #1,102 (1939) | #1,852 |
| 1940s | 960 | #712 (1946) | #831 |
| 1950s | 897 | #908 (1951) | #1,053 |
| 1960s | 644 | #1,184 (1961) | #1,411 |
| 1970s | 426 | #1,518 (1970) | #2,137 |
| 1980s | 210 | #2,901 (1982) | #4,083 |
| 1990s | 94 | #4,998 (1993) | #9,081 |
| 2000s | 17 | #12,761 (2004) | #14,751 |
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.
Sheron in 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 25,169 of them was named Sheron, which outranked 79.3% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,041Maribeth49
- #1,041Romona49
- #1,041Sabra49
- #1,052Sheron48
- #1,052Bernardine48
- #1,052Beverlee48
- #1,052Cathie48
- #1,065Aloma47
- #1,065Augustine47
- #1,065Burma47
Tied with 12 names at #1,052; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.