Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shari

#681 most common girls' name of all time · #1,248 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1927–2025

Rank among girls
#681
Rank overall
#1,248 of 105,966
First appeared
1927
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
40,973
Since 2016
79
Peak year
1961 #142
Best rank
#142 1961
Girls Boys peak 3,127/yr
19401960198020002020

Shari first appears in 1927. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 8 #11,073
2024 6 6 #13,676
2023 6 6 #13,662
2022 9 9 #10,496
2021 5 5 #15,521
2020 7 7 #12,312
2019 16 16 #7,078
2018 12 12 #8,706
2016 10 10 #10,195
2015 11 11 #9,567
2014 16 16 #7,349
2013 8 8 #12,106
2012 15 15 #7,866
2011 17 17 #7,169
2010 22 22 #6,013
2009 29 29 #4,960
2008 19 19 #6,849
2007 21 21 #6,359
2006 26 26 #5,268
2005 26 26 #4,994
2004 25 25 #5,090
2003 33 33 #4,053
2002 42 42 #3,298
2001 36 36 #3,648
2000 38 38 #3,473
1999 36 36 #3,462
1998 53 53 #2,586
1997 55 55 #2,396
1996 75 75 #1,920
1995 70 70 #1,967
1994 108 108 #1,469
1993 132 132 #1,287
1992 144 144 #1,212
1991 164 164 #1,100
1990 201 201 #945
1989 205 205 #898
1988 261 261 #718
1987 303 303 #631
1986 363 363 #557
1985 516 516 #426
1984 580 580 #383
1983 397 397 #493
1982 322 322 #569
1981 333 333 #558
1980 350 350 #539
1979 384 384 #514
1978 358 358 #519
1977 384 384 #496
1976 487 487 #415
1975 482 482 #418
1974 583 583 #369
1973 724 724 #318
1972 823 823 #299
1971 1,014 1,014 #283
1970 1,200 6 1,206 #257
1969 1,409 5 1,414 #217
1968 1,418 1,418 #213
1967 1,665 1,665 #189
1966 1,644 5 1,649 #196
1965 1,847 1,847 #184
1964 2,114 6 2,120 #178
1963 2,455 2,455 #164
1962 2,959 9 2,968 #146
1961 3,117 10 3,127 #142
1960 1,888 1,888 #195
1959 1,523 5 1,528 #214
1958 1,144 1,144 #257
1957 815 815 #320
1956 604 604 #356
1955 447 447 #418
1954 406 406 #434
1953 325 325 #478
1952 319 319 #474
1951 343 343 #445
1950 534 534 #335
1949 488 488 #358
1948 270 270 #496
1947 243 243 #540
1946 205 205 #552
1945 142 142 #609
1944 165 165 #570
1943 144 144 #633
1942 156 156 #597
1941 151 151 #570
1940 67 67 #877
1939 55 55 #959
1938 62 62 #904
1937 47 47 #1,047
1936 50 50 #978
1935 24 24 #1,549
1934 28 28 #1,406
1933 24 24 #1,551
1932 12 12 #2,641
1931 12 12 #2,577
1930 9 9 #3,335
1929 10 10 #3,133
1928 8 8 #3,737
1927 9 9 #3,560