Sharrie
Feminine
Sharrie is one of a set of spellings for one short sound, and the set is large. That is worth stating plainly rather than treating as a curiosity, because it is the main practical fact about carrying the name.
How old is the name Sharrie?
Sharrie first appears in US birth records in 1937 — 88 years ago. The typical Sharrie alive today was born around 1962, making them about 63 years old. About 600 people named Sharrie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sharrie most popular?
Sharrie peaked in 1957, reaching #1957 nationally. See the whole 1957 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Sharrie
Sherry, Sheri, Sherri, Sherrie, Shari, Sharie, Sharri and this one are all in the American record, said identically, and each of them was a decision somebody made in a registrar's office. None is a variant of another in any meaningful sense; they are parallel attempts at the same sound, and the record keeps them apart because the record keeps spellings apart. From the inside this is invisible: a family chooses one, uses it, and never thinks about the others. From the outside it means the name is far commoner than any single spelling suggests, and that a child will spend a lifetime specifying which one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Sherry, Shari, Cheri and Charity have all been proposed and none is documented. Names of this length were frequently written down from speech, with each family choosing its own letters.
Pronouncing Sharrie
SHAIR-ee
Two syllables with the stress in front. SHARR-ee, with a short first vowel, is also heard.
Nicknames for Sharrie
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1937
- Most girls named
- 196132 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1957reached in 1957
- Change vs 1993
- −33.3%6 in 1994, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sharries among us
people named Sharrie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Sharrie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The sound is completely familiar, so it is never a puzzle to say.
- It is short on paper and quick for a child to learn to write.
- Shar comes off it as a short form without any work.
- Seven other spellings are in the record and this one will be corrected to several of them.
- Two readings of the first vowel are in circulation and the spelling settles neither.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has nothing settled to answer with.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sharries are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Sharrie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sharrie in 2025?
- Sharrie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Sharrie with classmates?
- Sharrie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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