Sharmaine
Sharmaine is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sharmaine
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sharmaine is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sharmaine
Sharmaine first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1949, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 77 births, good for #1,844 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 30% of all recorded Sharmaines. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2012 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 2K Sharmaines have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sharmaine
Sharmaine is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Sharmaine's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #1,844. Use the chart and map above to compare Sharmaine's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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