Sharifa — #11254 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sharifa

The Social Security Administration has registered 555 babies named Sharifa between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharifa currently holds the #11254 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharifa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 213 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sharifa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 122 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharifa in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharifa 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 555 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.