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

Showing
Show data for
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #142, 1961girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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—
2017——
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—
1949#356488—
1948#495270—
1947#538243—
1946#551205—
1945#604142—
1944#568165—
1943#632144—
1942#593156—
1941#567151—
1940#86867—
1939#95355—
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—
1926——
1925——
1924——
1923——
1922——
1921——
1920——
1919——
1918——
1917——
1916——
1915——
1914——
1913——
1912——
1911——
1910——
1909——
1908——
1907——
1906——
1905——
1904——
1903——
1902——
1901——
1900——
1899——
1898——
1897——
1896——
1895——
1894——
1893——
1892——
1891——
1890——
1889——
1888——
1887——
1886——
1885——
1884——
1883——
1882——
1881——
1880——
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 1952

  • 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: #335 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,044 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #195 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,147 girlsNDMinnesota: #194 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,603 girlsMNIllinois: #384 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,700 girlsILWisconsin: #291 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,340 girlsWIMichigan: #489 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,346 girlsMINew York: #483 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 6,177 girlsNYMassachusetts: #439 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,664 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedRIOregon: #330 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,767 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: #306 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,160 girlsIAIndiana: #387 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,659 girlsINOhio: #405 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,588 girlsOHPennsylvania: #584 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,107 girlsPANew Jersey: #445 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,945 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #355 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 3,127 girlsCAUtah: #194 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 958 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedCONebraska: #271 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,408 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: #328 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,088 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedNMKansas: #319 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,943 girlsKSArkansas: 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: #384 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,580 girlsOKLouisiana: 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: #462 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 4,262 girlsTXFlorida: #395 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,635 girlsFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · girls
  1. Utah#194 · 1 in 958
  2. Minnesota#194 · 1 in 1,603
  3. North Dakota#195 · 1 in 1,147
  4. Nebraska#271 · 1 in 2,408
  5. Wisconsin#291 · 1 in 3,340

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#194221 in 1,603
Utah#194101 in 958
North Dakota#19561 in 1,147
Nebraska#27161 in 2,408
Wisconsin#291121 in 3,340
Iowa#30691 in 3,160
Kansas#31971 in 2,943
Arizona#32851 in 2,088
Oregon#33061 in 2,767
Washington#33591 in 3,044
California#355421 in 3,127
Illinois#384201 in 4,700
Oklahoma#38461 in 3,580
Indiana#387101 in 4,659
Florida#39591 in 3,635
Ohio#405171 in 5,588
Massachusetts#43951 in 9,664
New Jersey#44571 in 6,945
Texas#462251 in 4,262
New York#483251 in 6,177
Michigan#489111 in 7,346
Pennsylvania#584101 in 11,107
Alabama———
Alaska———
Arkansas———
Colorado———
Connecticut———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Georgia———
Hawaii———
Idaho———
Kentucky———
Louisiana———
Maine———
Maryland———
Mississippi———
Missouri———
Montana———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
New Mexico———
North Carolina———
Rhode Island———
South Carolina———
South Dakota———
Tennessee———
Vermont———
Virginia———
West Virginia———
Wyoming———

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 1952

girls
#473
319 births · 1 in 5,813 girls

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #473Shari319
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 5,813 of them was named Shari, which outranked 92.6% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shari
  1. #469Merry323
  2. #471Dorothea320
  3. #471Fay320
  4. #473Shari319
  5. #473Muriel319
  6. #475Meredith315
  7. #476Janelle310
  8. #477Rae309

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

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

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

See the top 100 for 1952 →