# Sharad (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sharad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “autumn” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 105 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 105 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शरद (śarada, “autumn”).

## What it means

Sharad is grouped under autumn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 6 | 4,988 |
| 1977 | 7 | 5,034 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,618 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,942 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,431 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,930 |
| 1983 | 7 | 5,395 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,415 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,758 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,490 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,847 |
| 1997 | 5 | 10,570 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,932 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13,047 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9,431 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: शरद

## People named Sharad

- Sharad Arvind Bobde, 47th Chief Justice of India

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.