Sharita
Feminine
Sharita sits between two families and takes something from each. Its front belongs with the Sharon names, which are Hebrew and biblical; its ending belongs with the Spanish diminutives; and the name itself belongs to neither tradition.
How old is the name Sharita?
Sharita first appears in US birth records in 1955 — 70 years ago. The typical Sharita alive today was born around 1983, making them about 42 years old. About 2,500 people named Sharita are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sharita most popular?
Sharita peaked in 1984, reaching #914 nationally. See the whole 1984 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Sharita
The a in the first syllable is the tell. American naming had two very similar fronts available in the same decades — the Sher- of the Cheryl and Sherry names and the Shar- of Sharon, Sharla and Sharlene — and which one a family reached for depended on which name was in the room. Written with an a, this one lines up with the Sharon group; written with an e it lines up with the Sherry group, and both spellings are in the record. The ending was borrowed from Spanish, where it makes a name smaller or dearer, and here it makes nothing smaller because there is no Spanish word underneath.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The compound carries no meaning. The front resembles a Hebrew place name and the ending is a real Spanish grammatical suffix, and neither is doing its usual work here.
Pronouncing Sharita
shuh-REE-tuh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. The first is reduced almost to nothing, which is why both spellings of it survive.
Nicknames for Sharita
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
- 1955
- Most girls named
- 1985165 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #914reached in 1984
- Change vs 2011
- 0.0%5 in 2013, 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.
Sharitas among us
people named Sharita 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
Sharita 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 in the middle gives it a lift most English names of its length do not have.
- Rita works as a short form and is a full name in its own right.
- Every sound in it is straightforward for an English speaker.
- Sherita and Sharita are said almost identically, so the spelling is always in question.
- There is no inherited meaning to pass on.
- It reads clearly as a name of the second half of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sharitas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Sharita are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sharita in 2025?
- Sharita is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Sharita with classmates?
- Sharita will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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