Sharry

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #11,738

Peak · girls
1949 · 39 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
953
since 1937

Sharry over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sharry has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #1,469, 1949girls
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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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1992#11,7386
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1988#11,7985
1987#7,3539
1986#7,1349
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1981#6,8049
1980#9,0956
1979#10,2105
1978#5,95810
1977#9,6525
1976#5,21511
1975#3,77417
1974#5,36010
1973#4,15514
1972#3,54317
1971#3,50818
1970#3,03022
1969#3,61915
1968#2,43126
1967#2,37626
1966#2,93718
1965#2,83319
1964#2,34827
1963#2,09432
1962#2,66821
1961#2,67321
1960#2,19628
1959#2,45822
1958#2,07329
1957#2,02829
1956#1,73837
1955#2,28023
1954#1,90930
1953#2,30121
1952#2,02325
1951#2,18221
1950#1,83527
1949#1,46939
1948#1,62133
1947#1,75230
1946#1,58331
1945#1,99318
1944#1,74223
1943#1,99419
1942#1,59227
1941#1,56925
1940#2,73710
1939#3,4297
1938#4,3425
1937#3,1468
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First appearance
1937

The first year at least five girls were named Sharry! It came in at #3,146, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1982–1983, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Sharry
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1937
  • Peaked 1949 at #1,469 (39 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 43,869
  • Highest: 1 in 43,869 girls born in 1949 were named Sharry (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 307,322 girls born in 1992 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 27.7% of all girls named Sharry (264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s20#3,146 (1937)#3,639
1940s255#1,469 (1949)#1,805
1950s264#1,738 (1956)#2,083
1960s233#2,094 (1963)#2,618
1970s129#3,030 (1970)#5,441
1980s46#6,804 (1981)#8,264
1990s6#11,738 (1992)#11,738

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.

Sharry in 1956

girls
#1,738
37 births · 1 in 54,262 girls

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #1,738Sharry37
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 54,262 of them was named Sharry, which outranked 74.8% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sharry
  1. #1,717Vilma38
  2. #1,717Windy38
  3. #1,717Wynona38
  4. #1,738Sharry37
  5. #1,738Berlinda37
  6. #1,738Celine37
  7. #1,738Cristi37
  8. #1,760Agatha36
  9. #1,760Arla36
  10. #1,760Brunilda36

Tied with 21 names at #1,738; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

See the top 100 for 1956