Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Shara

Gender

Female

Origin

Hebrew
Unknown

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Shara

Pronunciation

sh(a)-ra

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1975 (rank #5469, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1979 (rank #718, 232 births); most recent 2025 (rank #13208, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–6
2024–5
2023––
2022–7
2021–10
2020–5
2019–8
2018–5
2017–8
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #1072, 18 births); most recent 2021 (rank #5579, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
20173
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #4570, 4 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5410, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
20223
2021–
20204
20194
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1987 (rank #477, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence