Sharon
Girl · SHA-ron · Hebrew
Sharon is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the plain”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,250th for girls in the US (179 babies).
What does Sharon mean?
Hebrew: biblical place name
“the plain”
From the fertile Plain of Sharon in Israel; the 'rose of Sharon' appears in the biblical Song of Songs.
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Is Sharon a girl's or a boy's name?
Sharon is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 179 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sharon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Sharon, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 70 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Sharon than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Sharon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#63), 1964 (#10) and 1974 (#17).
Sharon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 2015 | 36 | #1,062 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 40 | #978 |
| 2011 | 33 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 48 | #815 |
| 2009 | 35 | #996 |
| 2008 | 70 | #594 |
| 2007 | 66 | #602 |
| 2006 | 65 | #587 |
| 2005 | 59 | #615 |
| 2004 | 50 | #648 |
| 2003 | 37 | #783 |
| 2002 | 43 | #676 |
| 2001 | 38 | #722 |
| 2000 | 38 | #705 |
| 1999 | 52 | #588 |
| 1998 | 57 | #547 |
| 1997 | 60 | #519 |
| 1996 | 52 | #545 |
How popular is Sharon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,250among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 179about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 179 girls in the US were named Sharon, making it the 1,250th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,140th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 28,533 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the girls named Sharon in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 65% of the babies named Sharon in the US in 1916, and 97% in 2022.
Sharon in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 179 | #1,250 |
| 2024 | 192 | #1,223 |
| 2023 | 173 | #1,310 |
| 2022 | 201 | #1,199 |
| 2021 | 189 | #1,242 |
| 2020 | 208 | #1,140 |
| 2019 | 198 | #1,186 |
| 2018 | 220 | #1,111 |
| 2017 | 243 | #1,055 |
| 2016 | 298 | #921 |
| 2015 | 275 | #982 |
| 2014 | 314 | #870 |
| 2013 | 292 | #884 |
| 2012 | 328 | #817 |
| 2011 | 323 | #821 |
| 2010 | 342 | #801 |
| 2009 | 368 | #771 |
| 2008 | 479 | #643 |
| 2007 | 415 | #701 |
| 2006 | 472 | #615 |
| 2005 | 501 | #571 |
| 2004 | 516 | #551 |
| 2003 | 539 | #523 |
| 2002 | 537 | #511 |
| 2001 | 587 | #474 |
| 2000 | 671 | #421 |
| 1999 | 685 | #407 |
| 1998 | 691 | #397 |
| 1997 | 760 | #363 |
| 1996 | 862 | #324 |
| 1995 | 810 | #330 |
| 1994 | 857 | #318 |
| 1993 | 851 | #313 |
| 1992 | 939 | #298 |
| 1991 | 986 | #284 |
| 1990 | 1,008 | #274 |
| 1989 | 1,119 | #244 |
| 1988 | 1,196 | #217 |
| 1987 | 1,249 | #211 |
| 1986 | 1,428 | #187 |
| 1985 | 1,537 | #177 |
| 1984 | 1,630 | #169 |
| 1983 | 1,780 | #160 |
| 1982 | 2,026 | #144 |
| 1981 | 2,154 | #130 |
| 1980 | 2,383 | #129 |
| 1979 | 2,689 | #117 |
| 1978 | 2,755 | #106 |
| 1977 | 3,089 | #95 |
| 1976 | 3,453 | #81 |
| 1975 | 3,732 | #75 |
| 1974 | 4,276 | #70 |
| 1973 | 4,963 | #57 |
| 1972 | 6,111 | #50 |
| 1971 | 7,523 | #40 |
| 1970 | 9,177 | #37 |
| 1969 | 9,698 | #36 |
| 1968 | 10,340 | #32 |
| 1967 | 11,923 | #30 |
| 1966 | 13,063 | #28 |
| 1965 | 15,129 | #22 |
| 1964 | 16,449 | #20 |
| 1963 | 17,800 | #19 |
| 1962 | 19,630 | #17 |
| 1961 | 20,459 | #17 |
| 1960 | 20,414 | #16 |
| 1959 | 21,292 | #17 |
| 1958 | 21,114 | #17 |
| 1957 | 24,298 | #14 |
| 1956 | 26,881 | #13 |
| 1955 | 22,044 | #16 |
| 1954 | 22,220 | #16 |
| 1953 | 23,040 | #15 |
| 1952 | 23,386 | #14 |
| 1951 | 23,920 | #13 |
| 1950 | 24,612 | #11 |
| 1949 | 25,713 | #10 |
| 1948 | 26,143 | #9 |
| 1947 | 28,533 | #9 |
| 1946 | 27,824 | #9 |
| 1945 | 20,838 | #8 |
| 1944 | 22,433 | #8 |
| 1943 | 24,712 | #8 |
| 1942 | 19,648 | #11 |
| 1941 | 14,272 | #15 |
| 1940 | 11,121 | #17 |
| 1939 | 9,014 | #23 |
| 1938 | 7,244 | #30 |
| 1937 | 4,704 | #41 |
| 1936 | 3,573 | #60 |
| 1935 | 2,426 | #96 |
| 1934 | 1,355 | #150 |
| 1933 | 961 | #178 |
| 1932 | 707 | #228 |
| 1931 | 576 | #253 |
| 1930 | 523 | #288 |
| 1929 | 359 | #342 |
| 1928 | 160 | #552 |
| 1927 | 118 | #659 |
| 1926 | 114 | #682 |
| 1925 | 86 | #794 |
| 1924 | 57 | #1,017 |
| 1923 | 55 | #1,015 |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,168 |
| 1921 | 42 | #1,184 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,511 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,527 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,600 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
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