Holding steady.
Popularity of Sharetha since 1969
Babies named Sharetha per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 |
| 1970s | 42 |
| 1980s | 95 |
| 1990s | 15 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Sharetha entered U.S. birth records in 1969, a time when creative respellings and elaborations were popular among African American communities. Its trajectory shows a brief period of modest use in the 1970s and 1980s, reaching its peak year in 1980. Since then, the name has remained stable at very low usage, never appearing in national rankings. Without a clear etymological root, Sharetha represents a modern invented name, shaped by phonetic preferences and the era's naming trends. It did not appear in top states for any year.
Sharetha first appeared in U.S. records in 1969, likely a creative respelling or variant of names such as Sherita or Sharita, which themselves are diminutives or elaborations of Sharon or related names. The name saw modest use in the 1970s and 1980s, peaking in 1980, before declining sharply. Its formation suggests a pattern common in modern American name creation: combining a preferred initial sound (Sh-) with a fashionable suffix (-ita or -etha).
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Share, Retha, Shari
Sibling names for Sharetha
Names that share Sharetha's style, for a brother or sister.
