How Many People Are Named Shari?
people named Shari are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,568 people in the US has this name
Based on 40,973 babies named Shari in Social Security records from 1927 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,127 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of SHARON or a variant of SHERRY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Shari in English. Counting Shari and these spellings together, about 454,946 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Shari (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shari alive today is about 58 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shari first appears in the records in 1927 and was given most often in 1961, to 3,127 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1927 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shari has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #142, in 1961. In 2025 it ranked #11,776.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,776 |
| Best rank | #142 (1961) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #180 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shari alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shari were born in New York than in any other state: about 4,198 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shari was given 2.5 times as often in Nebraska, 2.3 times in Hawaii and 2 times in Minnesota.
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