Sharif
Sharif is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. Its best rank was 963rd, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198082 births
- Best rank
- #963in 1977
- Since 1963
- 2,678people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,678 boys have been named Sharif in the United States since 1963, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 82 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 25%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1980, its biggest year
Sharif was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1980 were Michael, Christopher, Jason, David and James. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Sharif
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kedrickpeak 1978
- Decarlospeak 1975
- Dontapeak 1991
- Brannonpeak 1998
- Roshawnpeak 1993
- Rasheempeak 1991
- Dejuanpeak 1990
- Ryonpeak 1989
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.