Sharena
Feminine
Sharena sits between Serena, from the Latin for a clear, calm sky, and Sharon given a final a. Its middle vowel is just as open: English readers reach for the ee of Serena, while anyone raised on Elena will hear an ay.
How old is the name Sharena?
Sharena first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Sharena alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 500 people named Sharena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sharena most popular?
Sharena peaked in 1985, reaching #1975 nationally. See the whole 1985 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Sharena
Our Sharena borrows its music from Serena, a Latin word for an untroubled sky that became a name, and gives it the sh of Sharon, the plain named in the Song of Songs. The two neighbors meet in one easy line of three syllables. What the letters leave open is the vowel at its center: said the English way it is shuh-REE-nuh, like Serena; said the way Elena is said, it is shuh-RAY-nuh. Either saying keeps the shape, and the family's own becomes the right one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning is recorded for Sharena. Serena, which it most resembles, comes from the Latin serenus, clear or calm, said of weather and sky. Sharon, the other near neighbor, is a Hebrew place name. Neither is recorded as Sharena's source.
Pronouncing Sharena
shuh-REE-nuh
Most English readers will stress the middle syllable and give it the ee of Serena. The ay of Elena, shuh-RAY-nuh, is equally possible from the letters.
Nicknames for Sharena
Limited
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
- 1969
- Most girls named
- 198555 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1975reached in 1985
- Change vs 2001
- +20.0%6 in 2003, from 5
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.
Sharenas among us
people named Sharena 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
Sharena 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
- Three open syllables that are easy to say in English and Spanish alike.
- Close to Serena, a name most people already know how to say.
- Rare in its own right.
- Expect Serena, Sharina and Sherena on forms; the sh and the single e are the parts most often changed.
- The middle vowel can be ee or ay, so the family's saying will need to be given once to each new teacher, after which it sticks.
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- How many Sharenas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Sharena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sharena in 2025?
- Sharena is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Sharena will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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