Shareef — #10098 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shareef

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,187 babies named Shareef between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shareef currently holds the #10098 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shareef performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 314 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shareef shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 110 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Shareef in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shareef in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,187 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.