Sharon

Meaning: Plain
Origin: Hebrew — From the Sharon plain, a fertile region named in the Bible

Girl's name · #1256 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Sharon is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1943, when it ranked #8. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 723,000 girls since 1900, ranked #1256 today.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 18 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#198 in Italy (2024) · #358 in Mexico (2024) · #1,826 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,974 in Canada (2025) · #2,138 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,500 in Switzerland (2025) · #3,466 in Austria (2025) · #6,854 in France (2025) · #638 in Scotland (2024) · #2,300 in Sweden (2023) · #834 in Ireland (2020) · #1,353 in Belgium (2020) and 9 more.

Famous Sharons

Sharon Stone — American actress (born 1958)
Sharon Tate — American actress and model (1943–1969)
Sharon den Adel — Dutch singer (born 1974)
Sharon Osbourne — English and American television personality, music manager, and author (born 1952)
Sharon Gless — American actress (born 1943)

In stories & tradition

Sharon Carter — Tales of Suspense (comics)
Sharon Ventura — Marvel Comics
Sharon Marsh — South Park (TV series)

What Sharons become

Among 1,318 notable people named Sharon:

Entertainers appear 1.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sharon Stone, American actress (born 1958).

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