Sharada

Girls' name

Autumnal, associated with autumn

Sharada has been given to 61 babies in the U.S. since 1969. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1981, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Sharada, 2017

1 in 715,000

Sharada over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sharada: meaning, origin, and history

Autumnal, associated with autumn

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sharada means

Sharada means “autumnal, associated with autumn”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sharada is used in Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi and Nepali.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 61 girls were recorded with the name Sharada between 1969 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1981; its best national rank was #8,008 in 1981.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Sharada?

Sharada had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 715,000; 5 of 3,577,106 births
Among girls only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 495,893 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sharada sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2017 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sharada. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sharadas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sharada was born before 1996 — so the typical Sharada is around 29 today.

Median birth year: 1996; About 29 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 24.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 61; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 24.6% of all recorded uses (15).

Is Sharada rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1981 (8)
Years since peak: 44; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #8,008; 1981

Spellings of Sharada

Sharada is not the most common spelling — Shanda is, with 12.4% against Sharada's 0.09%.

Shanda12.4%7,997
Sharla10.0%6,444
Sharonda9.1%5,839
Shara7.7%4,945
Shanaya4.9%3,149
Shawanda4.4%2,853
Sharita4.1%2,637
Shawnda3.9%2,538

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sharada by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,008; 1981
Peak year: 1981; 8 that year
First recorded: 1969
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 61
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sharada

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Shahada Shanada Shavada Shamada Shaarvi Shakthi Shaanvi Shaiel Shaiya Shailoh Shadara Sharyah Shaneal Shaolin Shaleka Shaneya Shada Shaeley Shankia Shanvika Shawnay Shaynee Shakaya Shamell

Sibling names for Sharada

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kandi Fawn Joi Jessi Jenelle Charissa Latrice Eboni

For a brother

Chauncey Leopoldo Jerod Dusty Jamaal Wilfredo Antwan Donnell

Explore around Sharada

Top names of 1981, Sharada's peak year The 1980s in full Other names that peaked in 1981 Girls' names starting with S Nepali Girl Names Nepali Names