first name
SHARI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 35,862 people named Shari, 84.2% reported their origin as White, 8.5% as Black and 2.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Shari peaked in 1961, when 3,127 babies got the name.
At least 40,973 babies have been given the name since 1927. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Shari by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #335. The largest share of babies named Shari, 49.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Shari is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shari has been most common in Nebraska (2.4×), Hawaii (2.4×), and Minnesota (2.1×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.21×).
37,900 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shari, most common first.
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