# Shari (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shari/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 40,973 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 46 / 40,927 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 43, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22 | 6,155 |
| 2011 | 17 | 7,374 |
| 2012 | 15 | 8,155 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,983 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,588 |
| 2015 | 11 | 10,054 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,735 |
| 2018 | 12 | 9,071 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,300 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,270 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,322 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11,112 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,916 |
| 2024 | 6 | 15,015 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,780 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 5 | 4,491 |
| 1961 | 10 | 2,875 |
| 1962 | 9 | 3,014 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,970 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,448 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,926 |
| 1970 | 6 | 4,645 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

## People named Shari

- Shari Arison, American-Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist, billionaire heiress
- Shari Headley, American actress
- Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and television show host (1933-1998)
- Shari Belafonte, American actress
- Shari Redstone, American businesswoman
- Shari Bossuyt, Belgian bicycle racer
- Shari Lapena, Canadian novelist
- Shari Eubank, American actress
- Truth Hurts, American R&B singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.