Shari
Shari is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 142nd, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19613,117 births
- Best rank
- #142in 1961
- Since 1927
- 40,921people given the name
The story in the numbers
40,921 girls have been named Shari in the United States since 1927, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 3,117 births — 0.15% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 3,117 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 50%. It has spent 54 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Shari | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 27 | |
| 1930s | 323 | |
| 1940s | 2,032 | |
| 1950s | 6,460 | |
| 1960s | 20,517 | |
| 1970s | 6,439 | |
| 1980s | 3,630 | |
| 1990s | 1,038 | |
| 2000s | 295 | |
| 2010s | 127 | |
| 2020s | 33 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Shari was the 142nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Shari
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sharripeak 1962
- Leciapeak 1961
- Sherripeak 1963
- Lauripeak 1961
- Loriapeak 1961
- Loripeak 1963
- Lesapeak 1962
- Tammerapeak 1963
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.