Shari

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1970 at #4,230
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1961 · 3,117 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
40,927
since 1927

Shari over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shari has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #142, 1961girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178—
2024#13,4776—
2023#13,4626—
2022#10,3839—
2021#15,2515—
2020#12,1427—
2019#7,02516—
2018#8,61712—
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2016#10,11310—
2015#9,48111—
2014#7,30216—
2013#11,9698—
2012#7,80415—
2011#7,11817—
2010#5,97722—
2009#4,93129—
2008#6,79919—
2007#6,32321—
2006#5,23326—
2005#4,95826—
2004#5,06225—
2003#4,03433—
2002#3,28342—
2001#3,63136—
2000#3,45338—
1999#3,44336—
1998#2,57053—
1997#2,39155—
1996#1,91575—
1995#1,95570—
1994#1,465108—
1993#1,284132—
1992#1,207144—
1991#1,097164—
1990#943201—
1989#897205—
1988#717261—
1987#630303—
1986#557363—
1985#426516—
1984#383580—
1983#493397—
1982#569322—
1981#558333—
1980#538350—
1979#514384—
1978#519358—
1977#496384—
1976#415487—
1975#418482—
1974#369583—
1973#318724—
1972#298823—
1971#2831,014—
1970#2571,200#4,2306
1969#2171,409#4,4045
1968#2131,418—
1967#1891,665—
1966#1961,644#3,9485
1965#1841,847—
1964#1782,114#3,6016
1963#1642,455—
1962#1462,959#2,8489
1961#1423,117#2,70610
1960#1951,888—
1959#2141,523#3,9885
1958#2571,144—
1957#319815—
1956#356604—
1955#418447—
1954#433406—
1953#478325—
1952#473319—
1951#445343—
1950#335534—
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1948#495270—
1947#538243—
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1944#568165—
1943#632144—
1942#593156—
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1940#86867—
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1938#89962—
1937#1,03547—
1936#96850—
1935#1,51424—
1934#1,37228—
1933#1,51324—
1932#2,49012—
1931#2,42712—
1930#3,0559—
1929#2,92110—
1928#3,4368—
1927#3,2849—
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First appearance
1927

The first year at least five girls were named Shari! It came in at #3,284, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2017, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Shari is popular in 1944

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedNHWashington: #372 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,755 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedMNIllinois: #376 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,525 girlsILWisconsin: #239 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,422 girlsWIMichigan: #368 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,060 girlsMINew York: #566 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,547 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedRIOregon: #200 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,422 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedIAIndiana: #369 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,396 girlsINOhio: #320 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,742 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #411 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,547 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #378 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,629 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedUTColorado: #271 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,044 girlsCONebraska: #197 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,436 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedHITexas: #900 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,614 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#197 · 1 in 1,436
  2. Oregon#200 · 1 in 1,422
  3. Wisconsin#239 · 1 in 2,422
  4. Colorado#271 · 1 in 2,044
  5. Ohio#320 · 1 in 3,742

Best ever in a state: #61 in Hawaii, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#19771 in 1,436
Oregon#20071 in 1,422
Wisconsin#239111 in 2,422
Colorado#27151 in 2,044
Ohio#320161 in 3,742
Michigan#368101 in 5,060
Indiana#36971 in 4,396
Washington#37251 in 3,755
Illinois#376141 in 4,525
California#378221 in 3,629
New Jersey#41151 in 6,547
New York#566101 in 10,547
Texas#90061 in 12,614
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Shari
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,560 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #10,917)
  • 1,225 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #10,917)
  • 1,436 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 546 spots in 1936 (#1,514 → #968)
  • Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1989 (#717 → #897)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1927
  • Peaked 1961 at #142 (3,117 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1938–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 648
  • Highest: 1 in 648 girls born in 1961 were named Shari (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 50.1% of all girls named Shari (20,516) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s27#2,921 (1929)#3,214
1930s323#899 (1938)#1,623
1940s2,031#356 (1949)#577
1950s6,460#214 (1959)#373
1960s20,516#142 (1961)#182
1970s6,439#257 (1970)#389
1980s3,630#383 (1984)#577
1990s1,038#943 (1990)#1,827
2000s295#3,283 (2002)#4,771
2010s127#5,977 (2010)#8,378
2020s41#10,383 (2022)#12,605

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shari in 1944

girls
#568
165 births · 1 in 8,044 girls

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #568Shari165
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 8,044 of them was named Shari, which outranked 89.2% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shari
  1. #565Aileen166
  2. #565Hannah166
  3. #565Rhonda166
  4. #568Shari165
  5. #568April165
  6. #568Carolynn165
  7. #571Esperanza164
  8. #571Ronnie164
  9. #571Roslyn164

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,229Dorinda#1,834 → #605
  2. ↑ 611Deirdre#1,556 → #945
  3. ↑ 504Alana#1,251 → #747
  4. ↑ 460Elyse#1,327 → #867
  5. ↑ 407Joella#1,395 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 613Michal#996 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 493Aloma#762 → #1,255
  3. ↓ 448Louvenia#916 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 347Norine#889 → #1,236
  5. ↓ 341Lyla#864 → #1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1944 →