Shariq — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shariq

The Social Security Administration has registered 104 babies named Shariq between 1992 and 2020, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shariq currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shariq performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shariq shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shariq in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shariq 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 104 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.