Girls' name · since 1972
Sharifah
145 babies named Sharifah in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,153 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
145 girls have been named Sharifah since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sharifah has 145 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1994.
- #23,153 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 145 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharifah ranks #23,153 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,153 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sharifah's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sharifah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sharifah's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sharifah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1994
- Peak year (1975)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Sharifah by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (72 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Sharifah's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Sharifah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
72 births
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 72 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sharifah's data
- Sharifah's decade-level peak was the 1970s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sharifah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1972–1994 (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 Sharifah 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.