Sharion
Feminine
Sharion adds one letter to a familiar name and, in doing so, lands on an ending that English reserves almost entirely for a particular kind of word. Nothing in the sound changes. The look of the name changes completely.
How old is the name Sharion?
Sharion first appears in US birth records in 1937 — 88 years ago. The typical Sharion alive today was born around 1954, making them about 71 years old. About 600 people named Sharion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sharion most popular?
Sharion peaked in 1947, reaching #1397 nationally. See the whole 1947 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Sharion
English ends thousands of words in -ion and almost all of them are abstract nouns made from verbs: action, decision, opinion, attention, rebellion. The ending came in from Latin through French, arrived in bulk, and is now so strongly associated with that one job that a reader's eye treats any word ending in -ion as a concept rather than a person. Put it on a name and something faintly odd happens: the name looks like it should mean an activity. It does not, and the sound is unchanged, but the reader does a small double take, and that double take is the entire effect of the extra letter. Whether any family choosing this spelling intended that, the record does not say.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name behind it is Sharon, a place in the Bible, and that is documented. This spelling is not, and no reason for the inserted letter has been recorded.
Pronouncing Sharion
SHARE-un
Two syllables with the stress in front, said exactly like Sharon. The inserted i makes no audible difference.
Nicknames for Sharion
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
- 1937
- Most girls named
- 194744 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1397reached in 1947
- Change vs 1976
- −16.7%5 in 1986, from 6
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.
Sharions among us
people named Sharion 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
Sharion 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 sound is completely familiar, so nobody is ever at a loss for how to say it.
- Shari comes off the front as a short form and is already established.
- It is visually distinct from the far commoner spelling, which is what the extra letter is for.
- Sharon is the standard spelling by a very wide margin and this one will be corrected to it constantly.
- The extra letter cannot be heard, so the spelling has to be given aloud every single time.
- No reason for it is documented, so there is nothing to say when someone asks why.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sharions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Sharion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sharion in 2025?
- Sharion is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Sharion with classmates?
- Sharion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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