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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #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
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
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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 1953

  • 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: #281 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,110 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: #258 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,359 girlsMNIllinois: #482 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,745 girlsILWisconsin: #261 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,660 girlsWIMichigan: #486 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,916 girlsMINew York: #448 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 5,305 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedRIOregon: #236 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,510 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: #237 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,871 girlsIAIndiana: #282 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,765 girlsINOhio: #500 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,035 girlsOHPennsylvania: #762 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,454 girlsPANew Jersey: #412 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,548 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #340 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 2,777 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedUTColorado: #351 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,784 girlsCONebraska: #302 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,776 girlsNEMissouri: #388 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,191 girlsMOKentucky: 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: #225 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,646 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: #330 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,755 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: #623 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,926 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Shari, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#225 · 1 in 1,646
  2. Oregon#236 · 1 in 1,510
  3. Iowa#237 · 1 in 1,871
  4. Minnesota#258 · 1 in 2,359
  5. Wisconsin#261 · 1 in 2,660

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#225131 in 1,646
Oregon#236111 in 1,510
Iowa#237151 in 1,871
Minnesota#258151 in 2,359
Wisconsin#261151 in 2,660
Washington#281131 in 2,110
Indiana#282171 in 2,765
Nebraska#30251 in 2,776
Oklahoma#33081 in 2,755
California#340501 in 2,777
Colorado#35161 in 2,784
Missouri#388101 in 4,191
New Jersey#41291 in 5,548
New York#448291 in 5,305
Illinois#482141 in 6,745
Michigan#486121 in 6,916
Ohio#500121 in 8,035
Texas#623161 in 6,926
Pennsylvania#76261 in 18,454
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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 1953

girls
#478
325 births · 1 in 5,789 girls

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #478Shari325
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 5,789 of them was named Shari, which outranked 92.6% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shari
  1. #473Sharlene328
  2. #476Bettie326
  3. #476Tracy326
  4. #478Shari325
  5. #479Clare323
  6. #480Ana321
  7. #480Cathryn321
Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. 2,253Enola#3,201#948
  2. 885Lu#1,368#483
  3. 749Joni#1,046#297
  4. 553Brooke#1,351#798
  5. 531Lorri#1,430#899
Fallers
  1. 274Roseanna#808#1,082
  2. 253Georgie#946#1,199
  3. 218Pandora#783#1,001
  4. 204Fonda#822#1,026
  5. 195Brinda#935#1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1953