# Sharon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sharon/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “the sharon plain” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃæɹən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Shari, Shaz, Shazza |
| Variant spellings | Sharyn, Sharone |
| US babies named this | 726,130 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,106 / 723,024 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,020, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 323 | 823 |
| 2012 | 328 | 821 |
| 2013 | 292 | 885 |
| 2014 | 314 | 872 |
| 2015 | 275 | 983 |
| 2016 | 298 | 926 |
| 2017 | 243 | 1,057 |
| 2018 | 220 | 1,115 |
| 2019 | 198 | 1,192 |
| 2020 | 208 | 1,144 |
| 2021 | 189 | 1,248 |
| 2022 | 201 | 1,205 |
| 2023 | 173 | 1,318 |
| 2024 | 192 | 1,229 |
| 2025 | 179 | 1,256 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 | 8,187 |
| 2002 | 11 | 6,456 |
| 2003 | 13 | 5,829 |
| 2004 | 11 | 6,906 |
| 2005 | 9 | 8,191 |
| 2006 | 13 | 6,396 |
| 2007 | 14 | 6,210 |
| 2009 | 10 | 8,205 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,969 |
| 2011 | 11 | 7,427 |
| 2012 | 6 | 12,048 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,989 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,864 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,537 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,095 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 1,043 |
| 2012 | 36 | 998 |
| 2013 | 34 | 1,048 |
| 2014 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2015 | 34 | 1,033 |
| 2016 | 30 | 1,142 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,436 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## In other languages

- Dutch: Sharon
- French: Sharon
- Hebrew: שָׁרוֹן
- Italian: Sharon
- Japanese: シャロン
- Polish: Szaron, Sharon
- Russian: Шэ́рон

## People named Sharon

- Sharon Stone, American actress (born 1958)
- Sharon Tate, American actress and model (1943–1969)
- Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer
- Sharon Osbourne, British-American television personality
- Sharon Gless, American actress
- Sharon Lawrence, American actress
- Sharon Van Etten, American singer-songwriter
- Sharon Leal, American actress and singer
- Sharon Jones, American soul funk singer from NYC
- Sharon Stouder, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1948-2013)
- Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer
- Sharon Olds, American poet

## 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.