Shari
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAIR-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Shari is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Shari mean?
Hebrew: short form of Sharon; also from Hungarian Sári (Sarah)
Usually a short form of Sharon, from the fertile Plain of Sharon in Israel.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Shari a girl's or a boy's name?
Shari is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shari in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shari in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Shari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 2 | #6,613 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Shari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Shari, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 3,117 girls. It first appears in the records in 1927.
Half of all the girls named Shari in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,567 |
| 1997 | 55 | #2,388 |
| 1996 | 75 | #1,913 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 108 | #1,462 |
| 1993 | 132 | #1,282 |
| 1992 | 144 | #1,205 |
| 1991 | 164 | #1,094 |
| 1990 | 201 | #941 |
| 1989 | 205 | #894 |
| 1988 | 261 | #717 |
| 1987 | 303 | #630 |
| 1986 | 363 | #557 |
| 1985 | 516 | #426 |
| 1984 | 580 | #383 |
| 1983 | 397 | #493 |
| 1982 | 322 | #569 |
| 1981 | 333 | #558 |
| 1980 | 350 | #538 |
| 1979 | 384 | #514 |
| 1978 | 358 | #519 |
| 1977 | 384 | #496 |
| 1976 | 487 | #415 |
| 1975 | 482 | #418 |
| 1974 | 583 | #369 |
| 1973 | 724 | #318 |
| 1972 | 823 | #298 |
| 1971 | 1,014 | #283 |
| 1970 | 1,200 | #257 |
| 1969 | 1,409 | #217 |
| 1968 | 1,418 | #213 |
| 1967 | 1,665 | #189 |
| 1966 | 1,644 | #196 |
| 1965 | 1,847 | #184 |
| 1964 | 2,114 | #178 |
| 1963 | 2,455 | #164 |
| 1962 | 2,959 | #146 |
| 1961 | 3,117 | #142 |
| 1960 | 1,888 | #195 |
| 1959 | 1,523 | #214 |
| 1958 | 1,144 | #257 |
| 1957 | 815 | #319 |
| 1956 | 604 | #356 |
| 1955 | 447 | #417 |
| 1954 | 406 | #432 |
| 1953 | 325 | #477 |
| 1952 | 319 | #472 |
| 1951 | 343 | #444 |
| 1950 | 534 | #335 |
| 1949 | 488 | #356 |
| 1948 | 270 | #494 |
| 1947 | 243 | #538 |
| 1946 | 205 | #551 |
| 1945 | 142 | #604 |
| 1944 | 165 | #568 |
| 1943 | 144 | #632 |
| 1942 | 156 | #593 |
| 1941 | 151 | #567 |
| 1940 | 67 | #868 |
| 1939 | 55 | #953 |
| 1938 | 62 | #899 |
| 1937 | 47 | #1,035 |
| 1936 | 50 | #968 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,514 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,372 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,513 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
Names like Shari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Joni, Sarah, Holly, Michelle, Robyn, Jessica, Molly, Heidi, Mimi, Betsy, Lisa, Marnie
Names related to Shari
Sarai, Sehar, Saria, Sari, Shara, Shaira, Sheri, Shariah, Saori, Sahari
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shari, updated 20 October 2026.