Shari — #13585 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shari

The Social Security Administration has registered 40,921 babies named Shari between 1927 and 2024, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shari currently holds the #13585 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 3,117 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shari performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 20,517 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Shari shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,741 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Shari in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shari in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 40,921 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.