Boys' name · since 1963
Sharif
2,685 babies named Sharif in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,738 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,879 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,685
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sharif currently ranks #9879 among boys' names in America, with 2,685 babies recorded since 1963.
Sharif has 2,685 recorded births among boys since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9879 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #2,738 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,879 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,685 born since 1963
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharif ranks #2,738 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,879 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,685 born since 1963, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,738 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,879 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,685
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sharif's 2,685 recorded births place it above 93.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Sharif compares
2,685 Top 19% higher than 81% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sharif's all-time total is 7x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sharif | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,685 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 82 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sharif's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sharif splits its recorded history at 1996: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 82 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sharif popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 82
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Sharif popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1970 (Sharif as girls' name)
Sharif by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (679 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Sharif's strongest decade.
679 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Sharif births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 41
1960s
41 births
- 1970s
1970s
538 births
- 1980s
1980s
643 births
- 1990s
1990s
679 births
- 2000s
2000s
436 births
- 2010s 249
2010s
249 births
- 2020s 99
2020s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 679 births (25% of all-time use).
How Sharif compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Sharif's total volume
Sharif by state
Where Sharif concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 657 | 24.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 358 | 13.3% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 311 | 11.6% |
| #4 | California | | 142 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 15 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 7 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.2% |
657 of 2,685 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Sharif appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sharif's data
- Sharif's decade-level peak was the 1990s (679 total births); usage has since declined to 99 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Sharifs (657 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sharif: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~62 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sharif draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.