Shari

Where Shari comes from

The dictionaries list Shari as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Sharon, variant of Sherry — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1927
    First appearance
    #3,284 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Shari Arison born
    American-Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist, billionaire heiress
  3. 1961
    Peak, #142
    3,117 babies named Shari — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1964
    Shari Headley born
    American actress
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #213.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Sharon, variant of Sherry.
Namesakes
  • Shari Arison · American-Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist, billionaire heiress, born 1957
  • Shari Headley · American actress, born 1964
  • Shari Lewis · American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and television show host, 1933–1998
  • Shari Belafonte · American actress, born 1954
  • Shari Redstone · American businesswoman, born 1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.