Sherif — #9138 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sherif

The Social Security Administration has registered 419 babies named Sherif between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sherif currently holds the #9138 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherif performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sherif shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sherif in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sherif 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 419 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.