Sharif

Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1977 · 80 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,685
since 1963

Sharif over time

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Rank among boys' names. Sharif has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #954, 1977boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,7147
2024#5,24118
2023#6,51713
2022#5,87415
2021#4,36223
2020#4,27523
2019#4,00326
2018#4,91819
2017#6,06014
2016#3,77628
2015#4,17924
2014#3,69328
2013#3,96425
2012#4,13124
2011#4,11024
2010#3,07237
2009#3,10537
2008#3,05738
2007#3,79327
2006#2,74442
2005#2,49345
2004#2,59941
2003#2,54540
2002#2,19548
2001#1,80062
2000#1,87556
1999#1,82454
1998#1,64263
1997#1,48671
1996#1,55264
1995#1,44868
1994#1,43467
1993#1,40069
1992#1,38267
1991#1,29775
1990#1,21681
1989#1,28172
1988#1,39556
1987#1,37953
1986#1,45747
1985#1,24259
1984#1,09667
1983#1,19058
1982#1,09669
1981#1,01480
1980#99682
1979#98481
1978#1,09963
1977#95480
1976#1,03065
1975#96173
1974#1,00766
1973#1,35438
1972#1,47333
1971#1,74526
1970#7,9955#2,62113
1969#1,91419
1968#3,1078
1967#2,7609
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five boys were named Sharif! It came in at #4,048, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1963–1966, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Sharif
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4,473 spots since 2024 (#5,241#9,714)
  • 5,439 spots since 2020 (#4,275#9,714)
  • 5,535 spots since 2015 (#4,179#9,714)
  • Biggest jump: 115 spots in 1979 (#1,099#984)
  • Biggest drop: 145 spots in 1978 (#954#1,099)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 1977 at #954 (80 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1979–1980
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,540
  • Highest: 1 in 20,540 boys born in 1977 were named Sharif (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 25.3% of all boys named Sharif (679) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s41#1,914 (1969)#2,957
1970s538#954 (1977)#1,323
1980s643#996 (1980)#1,215
1990s679#1,216 (1990)#1,468
2000s436#1,800 (2001)#2,621
2010s249#3,072 (2010)#4,191
2020s99#4,275 (2020)#5,997

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sharif in 1990

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#1,216
81 births · 1 in 25,358 boys

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #1,216Sharif81
More about 1990

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 25,358 of them was named Sharif, which outranked 87.2% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sharif
  1. #1,201Kenyon82
  2. #1,201Leopoldo82
  3. #1,201Tou82
  4. #1,216Sharif81
  5. #1,216Argenis81
  6. #1,216Arnaldo81
  7. #1,216Aurelio81
  8. #1,226Chadd80
  9. #1,226Dillan80
  10. #1,226Fermin80

Tied with 9 names at #1,216; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990