Holding steady.
Popularity of Shearon since 1941
Babies named Shearon per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1959, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Shearon's real moment was 1945.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 71 |
| 1950s | 84 |
| 1960s | 41 |
| 1970s | 20 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Shearon is a rare American first name that first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1941. Its peak year was 1945, but even then the number of births was extremely small, and it has never entered the national Top 1000. The name's origin is uncertain: it may be a respelling of the biblical name Sharon, which enjoyed mid-century popularity, or a transferred use of the Irish surname Shearon. The trajectory of its use has been stable but negligible, with no evidence of revival in recent decades. Despite its obscurity, Shearon offers a distinct alternative to more common names like Sharon or Sheryl.
Shearon may derive from the Irish surname Ó Sírín, meaning 'descendant of Sírín', a personal name possibly meaning 'long-lasting'. Alternatively, it might be a modern respelling of Sharon, a biblical place name meaning 'plain' in Hebrew, or a combination of Sharon with the popular -on suffix. The name saw modest use in the United States beginning in the 1940s, peaking in 1945, but has remained rare.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Shea, Ronny
Sibling names for Shearon
Names that share Shearon's style, for a brother or sister.
