Sharief — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sharief

The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Sharief between 1970 and 2008, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sharief currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharief performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sharief shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharief in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharief 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 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.