How Many People Are Named Shareef?

1,153

people named Shareef are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 296,430 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,196 babies named Shareef in Social Security records from 1974 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,660

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,551

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Peak Year

1997

53 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Arabic
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant transcription of SHARIF.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Shareef in the records were boys.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Shareef alive today is about 28 years old, and 56% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 39 in 2025.

Under 30 652
56.5%
30 to 59 502
43.5%
60 and over 0
0%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Shareef first appears in the records in 1974 and was given most often in 1997, to 53 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Shareef has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,588, in 1980. In 2025 it ranked #8,802.

Boys
Rank in 2025#8,802
Best rank#1,588 (1980)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,457 in the 1990s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Shareef alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Shareef were born in New Jersey than in any other state: about 103 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shareef was given 11.9 times as often in New Jersey, 7 times in Pennsylvania and 4.5 times in New York.

New Jersey 103
New York 101
Pennsylvania 98
California 22

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