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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #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.

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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 1981

girls
#558
333 births · 1 in 5,009 girls

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #558Shari333
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 5,009 of them was named Shari, which outranked 95.4% of the 12,198 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. #555Breanna336
  2. #556Lynda335
  3. #557Casandra334
  4. #558Shari333
  5. #558Kimberlee333
  6. #560Brenna331
  7. #560Dayna331
  8. #562Cristy330

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

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 3,850Tashina#4,743#893
  2. 2,742Krystle#3,215#473
  3. 1,800Tierra#2,342#542
  4. 1,398Martine#2,189#791
  5. 999Nereida#1,981#982
Fallers
  1. 764Kylene#990#1,754
  2. 607Renada#708#1,315
  3. 560Ashanti#822#1,382
  4. 399Renata#336#735
  5. 395Tracee#959#1,354

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

See the top 100 for 1981