Sharon

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: French

Meaning

Sharon, also spelled Saron, is a given name as well as a Hebrew name. In English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name, but historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In Israel, it is used as both.

From Wikipedia

Sharon first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 33 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1963 with 1,206 babies (rank #4 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sharon

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sharon yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

19,273
Total babies (all years)
33
Years in the data
1,206
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952185#47
1953249#40
1954276#35
1955366#23
1956365#25
1957412#24
1958540#13
1959610#9
1960819#10
1961880#9
19621,160#4
19631,206#4
19641,114#4
19651,126#2
19661,096#3
19671,035#4
19681,100#4
19691,201#4
1970948#5
1971864#8
1972759#12
1973538#15
1974470#21
1975424#23
1976359#31
1977290#38
1978259#44
1979185#63
1980151#75
1981148#79
1982136#86
20141#2,534
20161#2,511