Girls' name · since 1944
Shary
Shary has 362 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 362
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
Shary sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 362 recorded since 1944.
Shary has 362 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2009.
- #14,378 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 362 born since 1944
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shary ranks #14,378 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 362 born since 1944, peaking in the 1950s.
- #14,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 362
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
Shary's 362 recorded births place it above 80.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shary splits its recorded history at 1967: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1944 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2009
- Peak year (1947)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Shary by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (96 births, 27% of the file).
1950s was Shary's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Shary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
55 births
- 1950s
1950s
96 births
- 1960s
1960s
80 births
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 96 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Shary's decade-level peak was the 1950s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shary draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.