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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #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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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—
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1948#495270—
1947#538243—
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1945#604142—
1944#568165—
1943#632144—
1942#593156—
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1936#96850—
1935#1,51424—
1934#1,37228—
1933#1,51324—
1932#2,49012—
1931#2,42712—
1930#3,0559—
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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 1982

  • 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: #342 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,117 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: #380 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,250 girlsMNIllinois: #910 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,303 girlsILWisconsin: #567 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,284 girlsWIMichigan: #433 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,601 girlsMINew York: #347 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 2,186 girlsNYMassachusetts: #604 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,514 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedRIOregon: #324 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,043 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: #426 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,518 girlsINOhio: #598 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,497 girlsOHPennsylvania: #563 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,377 girlsPANew Jersey: #405 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,943 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #809 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 7,144 girlsCAUtah: #295 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,640 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedCONebraska: #285 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,793 girlsNEMissouri: #565 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,365 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedWVVirginia: #518 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,400 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedDEArizona: #585 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,033 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedNMKansas: #383 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,586 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: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #792 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,336 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedALGeorgia: #516 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,875 girlsGAHawaii: #173 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 642 girlsHITexas: #980 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 9,994 girlsTXFlorida: #563 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,362 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#173 · 1 in 642
  2. Nebraska#285 · 1 in 1,793
  3. Utah#295 · 1 in 1,640
  4. Oregon#324 · 1 in 2,043
  5. Washington#342 · 1 in 2,117

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#17381 in 642
Nebraska#28561 in 1,793
Utah#295101 in 1,640
Oregon#32481 in 2,043
Washington#342131 in 2,117
New York#347471 in 2,186
Minnesota#38091 in 3,250
Kansas#38361 in 2,586
New Jersey#405131 in 2,943
Indiana#426101 in 3,518
Michigan#433161 in 3,601
Georgia#51691 in 3,875
Virginia#51871 in 4,400
Florida#563131 in 4,362
Pennsylvania#563131 in 5,377
Missouri#56561 in 5,365
Wisconsin#56751 in 6,284
Arizona#58551 in 4,033
Ohio#598111 in 6,497
Massachusetts#60451 in 6,514
Louisiana#79251 in 6,336
California#809261 in 7,144
Illinois#91081 in 9,303
Texas#980131 in 9,994
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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 1982

girls
#569
322 births · 1 in 5,259 girls

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #569Shari322
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 5,259 of them was named Shari, which outranked 95.4% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shari
  1. #565Kassandra325
  2. #565Latosha325
  3. #568Glenda323
  4. #569Shari322
  5. #569Chelsey322
  6. #569Shamika322
  7. #572Dara321
  8. #572Julianne321
  9. #574Kimberlee320

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

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,715Kaleena#2,375 → #660
  2. ↑ 1,197Kala#1,958 → #761
  3. ↑ 1,094Chelsie#2,028 → #934
  4. ↑ 1,081Tenika#2,028 → #947
  5. ↑ 1,044Falon#1,958 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 538Evita#779 → #1,317
  2. ↓ 517Martine#791 → #1,308
  3. ↓ 473Dusty#720 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 470Regan#991 → #1,461
  5. ↓ 401Windy#998 → #1,399

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

See the top 100 for 1982 →