Shari

Shari was the #10,917 girls' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).

Shari as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Shari as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020US
Shari as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#10,917 (8)———
2024#13,477 (6)———
2023#13,462 (6)———
2022#10,383 (9)———
2021#15,251 (5)———
2020#12,142 (7)———
2019#7,025 (16)———
2018#8,617 (12)———
2017—#5,765 (3)——
2016#10,113 (10)———
2015#9,481 (11)#5,730 (3)——
2014#7,302 (16)———
2013#11,969 (8)———
2012#7,804 (15)———
2011#7,118 (17)#4,764 (4)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1961 at #142.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1927.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Shari is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 190,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 130,000 to 1 in 280,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShariCanadaGirls—too few
ShariEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ShariNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShariScotlandGirls—too few
ShariUSGirls#10,9178
ShariUSBoys—too few