Name meaning & stats
Shari
Shari means “the Sharon plain” (Hebrew origin). 40,623 US babies since 1940, peak 1961.
What it means
“the Sharon plain”
HebrewPet form of Sharon
In US birth records
Peak year: 1961
40,623 US babies were named Shari between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Shari (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 86% of the family
- Shari 86%
- Sharie 4%
- Sharri 3%
- Sharry 2%
- Sharrie 2%
- Sharay 2%
- Sharai 1%
- Shary 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1961)