Shara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAIR-a
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Shara is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Shara come from?
Probably a variant of Sarah or Sharon
Is Shara a girl's or a boy's name?
Shara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shara in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shara in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Shara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Shara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Shara, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1979, with 232 girls. It first appears in the records in 1927.
Half of all the girls named Shara in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 1993 | 56 | #2,284 |
| 1992 | 63 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 91 | #1,636 |
| 1990 | 90 | #1,640 |
| 1989 | 112 | #1,364 |
| 1988 | 107 | #1,333 |
| 1987 | 113 | #1,249 |
| 1986 | 155 | #997 |
| 1985 | 164 | #948 |
| 1984 | 191 | #821 |
| 1983 | 183 | #838 |
| 1982 | 210 | #780 |
| 1981 | 181 | #858 |
| 1980 | 210 | #783 |
| 1979 | 232 | #718 |
| 1978 | 171 | #858 |
| 1977 | 149 | #933 |
| 1976 | 126 | #999 |
| 1975 | 123 | #994 |
| 1974 | 115 | #1,039 |
| 1973 | 129 | #941 |
| 1972 | 100 | #1,111 |
| 1971 | 127 | #988 |
| 1970 | 106 | #1,108 |
| 1969 | 85 | #1,208 |
| 1968 | 72 | #1,301 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,299 |
| 1966 | 72 | #1,273 |
| 1965 | 58 | #1,448 |
| 1964 | 51 | #1,593 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,648 |
| 1962 | 64 | #1,383 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,567 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,096 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,150 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,377 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,022 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,700 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,954 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,966 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,896 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,663 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,310 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,610 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
Names like Shara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Holly, Amber, Tara, Sara, Sarah, Francesca, Erin, Robyn, Melissa, Jasmine, Lara
Names related to Shara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shara, updated 20 October 2026.