Shareka
Feminine
Shareka is an American coinage of the later twentieth century with no documented source. Its opening is an ordinary English word whose two apparently unrelated meanings turn out to be the same idea seen twice.
How old is the name Shareka?
Shareka first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Shareka alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 800 people named Shareka are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shareka most popular?
Shareka peaked in 1986, reaching #1910 nationally. See the whole 1986 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Shareka
A share of something is a piece cut off it, and that is exactly what the word once meant: the Old English root is about cutting and dividing, and it also gives us shear, shard and score. A plowshare is the blade that cuts the earth, and it is the same word, doing the same job in a more literal register. Shares in a company are the same idea again, a thing divided into portions. So the word runs from a blade in the soil to a line on a stock exchange without ever changing what it means, which is unusual: most words drift. Shareka has no documented connection to it. But the first syllable is a good, blunt, working English word with a very consistent history.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No origin has been documented. The name belongs to a large family of American names of the same period and shape, and the record registers it without comment.
Pronouncing Shareka
shuh-REE-kuh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. shuh-RAY-kuh is also heard and the spelling does not decide.
Nicknames for Shareka
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 198658 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1910reached in 1986
- Change vs 1998
- −14.3%6 in 1999, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sharekas among us
people named Shareka are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Shareka sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The stress falls where an English reader expects, so most people say it correctly first time.
- Three open syllables carry well and are easy to hear across a room.
- Reka comes off the back of it as a short form without any work.
- Two readings of the middle vowel are in circulation and the spelling settles neither.
- Sharika, Shereka and Shariqua are all in the record, so the spelling will be checked back with you often.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has nothing to answer with.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sharekas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Shareka are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shareka in 2025?
- Shareka is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Shareka with classmates?
- Shareka will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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