Sharese
Feminine
Sharese is built from two pieces that both look French and are not, and the front of it demonstrates something odd about English: two different letter pairs spell the same sound, and the language uses them almost at random in borrowed names.
How old is the name Sharese?
Sharese first appears in US birth records in 1961 — 64 years ago. The typical Sharese alive today was born around 1982, making them about 43 years old. About 900 people named Sharese are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sharese most popular?
Sharese peaked in 1980, reaching #1981 nationally. See the whole 1980 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Sharese
English spells the sh sound two ways in names and the choice is nearly arbitrary. Words that came through French keep a ch — Charlotte, Chantal, Michelle, Charisse — because that is how French writes it; words that came through anything else use sh. Once both patterns are in the language, a name built here can pick either, and the two spellings carry different flavors without carrying any difference in sound: ch looks French and expensive, sh looks plain and American. A name like this one chooses the second for the front and keeps a French-looking ending at the back, which is either a contradiction or a very precise piece of tuning, depending on how much credit you are willing to give.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source word. The name sits near Charisse and Cherise, which are themselves a stage name and a respelling, and near the French Thérèse, whose own meaning has never been established. Nothing is inherited here; the pieces were chosen for sound.
Pronouncing Sharese
shuh-REESE
Two syllables with the stress at the back and a clean s at the end rather than a z.
Nicknames for Sharese
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
- 1961
- Most girls named
- 198053 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1981reached in 1980
- Change vs 2006
- −22.2%7 in 2007, from 9
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.
Shareses among us
people named Sharese 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
Sharese 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 back stress gives it a strong finish and resists shortening.
- It reads as elegant without using a sound that is hard for anyone.
- It is rare while sounding entirely familiar.
- Charisse, Cherise and Sherise are all in the room and hers will be written as one of them.
- The final sound is ambiguous on paper between s and z.
- There is no meaning to hand on, only the account of how it was built.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shareses are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Sharese are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sharese in 2025?
- Sharese is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Sharese with classmates?
- Sharese will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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