Shari is an established girls' name that peaked in 1961 and has since faded.
Shari is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #11,780 for girl births in the United States (and #19,782 across all names), given to 8 babies. Shari was first reported in SSA data in 1927 and peaked in 1961 (3,117 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | #11,780 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | #15,015 | — |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | #14,916 | — |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | #11,112 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | #17,322 | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | #13,270 | — |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 | #7,300 | — |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | #9,071 | — |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | #10,735 | — |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | #10,054 | — |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | #7,588 | — |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | #12,983 | — |
| 2012 | 15 | 15 | #8,155 | — |
| 2011 | 17 | 17 | #7,374 | — |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | #6,155 | — |
| 2009 | 29 | 29 | #5,069 | — |
| 2008 | 19 | 19 | #7,029 | — |
| 2007 | 21 | 21 | #6,514 | — |
| 2006 | 26 | 26 | #5,355 | — |
| 2005 | 26 | 26 | #5,093 | — |
| 2004 | 25 | 25 | #5,190 | — |
| 2003 | 33 | 33 | #4,099 | — |
| 2002 | 42 | 42 | #3,326 | — |
| 2001 | 36 | 36 | #3,698 | — |
| 2000 | 38 | 38 | #3,509 | — |
| 1999 | 36 | 36 | #3,498 | — |
| 1998 | 53 | 53 | #2,611 | — |
| 1997 | 55 | — | #2,419 | — |
| 1996 | 75 | — | #1,929 | — |
| 1995 | 70 | — | #1,978 | — |
| 1994 | 108 | — | #1,475 | — |
| 1993 | 132 | — | #1,289 | — |
| 1992 | 144 | — | #1,214 | — |
| 1991 | 164 | — | #1,101 | — |
| 1990 | 201 | — | #945 | — |
| 1989 | 205 | — | #900 | — |
| 1988 | 261 | — | #718 | — |
| 1987 | 303 | — | #630 | — |
| 1986 | 363 | — | #557 | — |
| 1985 | 516 | — | #426 | — |
| 1984 | 580 | — | #383 | — |
| 1983 | 397 | — | #494 | — |
| 1982 | 322 | — | #571 | — |
| 1981 | 333 | — | #559 | — |
| 1980 | 350 | — | #539 | — |
| 1979 | 384 | — | #515 | — |
| 1978 | 358 | — | #519 | — |
| 1977 | 384 | — | #496 | — |
| 1976 | 487 | — | #415 | — |
| 1975 | 482 | — | #419 | — |
| 1974 | 583 | — | #369 | — |
| 1973 | 724 | — | #318 | — |
| 1972 | 823 | — | #299 | — |
| 1971 | 1,014 | — | #283 | — |
| 1970 | 1,206 | — | #257 | #4,645 |
| 1969 | 1,414 | — | #217 | #4,926 |
| 1968 | 1,418 | — | #213 | — |
| 1967 | 1,665 | — | #189 | — |
| 1966 | 1,649 | — | #196 | #4,448 |
| 1965 | 1,847 | — | #184 | — |
| 1964 | 2,120 | — | #178 | #3,970 |
| 1963 | 2,455 | — | #164 | — |
| 1962 | 2,968 | — | #146 | #3,014 |
| 1961 | 3,127 | — | #142 | #2,875 |
| 1960 | 1,888 | — | #195 | — |
| 1959 | 1,528 | — | #214 | #4,491 |
| 1958 | 1,144 | — | #257 | — |
| 1957 | 815 | — | #320 | — |
| 1956 | 604 | — | #356 | — |
| 1955 | 447 | — | #418 | — |
| 1954 | 406 | — | #434 | — |
| 1953 | 325 | — | #478 | — |
| 1952 | 319 | — | #474 | — |
| 1951 | 343 | — | #445 | — |
| 1950 | 534 | — | #335 | — |
| 1949 | 488 | — | #358 | — |
| 1948 | 270 | — | #496 | — |
| 1947 | 243 | — | #540 | — |
| 1946 | 205 | — | #552 | — |
| 1945 | 142 | — | #607 | — |
| 1944 | 165 | — | #570 | — |
| 1943 | 144 | — | #633 | — |
| 1942 | 156 | — | #595 | — |
| 1941 | 151 | — | #570 | — |
| 1940 | 67 | — | #878 | — |
| 1939 | 55 | — | #957 | — |
| 1938 | 62 | — | #904 | — |
| 1937 | 47 | — | #1,044 | — |
| 1936 | 50 | — | #978 | — |
| 1935 | 24 | — | #1,539 | — |
| 1934 | 28 | — | #1,403 | — |
| 1933 | 24 | — | #1,544 | — |
| 1932 | 12 | — | #2,615 | — |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,561 | — |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #3,304 | — |
| 1929 | 10 | — | #3,111 | — |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,709 | — |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #3,531 | — |