Sharita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-REE-ta
- Origin
- Modern
Sharita is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Sharita come from?
Modern: Sha- prefix with -rita, perhaps after Rita
Is Sharita a girl's or a boy's name?
Sharita is a girls' name.
How popular is Sharita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 165 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Sharita in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sharita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,873 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,100 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,773 |
| 1990 | 98 | #1,553 |
| 1989 | 79 | #1,713 |
| 1988 | 115 | #1,268 |
| 1987 | 121 | #1,195 |
| 1986 | 134 | #1,105 |
| 1985 | 165 | #945 |
| 1984 | 163 | #914 |
| 1983 | 136 | #1,030 |
| 1982 | 154 | #962 |
| 1981 | 125 | #1,109 |
| 1980 | 140 | #1,026 |
| 1979 | 119 | #1,125 |
| 1978 | 89 | #1,341 |
| 1977 | 86 | #1,331 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,694 |
| 1975 | 67 | #1,516 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,598 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,510 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1971 | 41 | #2,035 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,043 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,432 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
Names like Sharita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvika, Aviva, Radhika, Krisha, Priya, Srinika, Divisha, Anika, Anisha, Kridha, Sasha, Anvika
Names related to Sharita
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sharita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sharita, updated 20 October 2026.