How Many People Are Named Sharifa?
people named Sharifa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 636,470 people in the US has this name
Based on 555 babies named Sharifa in Social Security records from 1967 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
27 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of SHARIFAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sharifa in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Sharifa alive today is about 37 years old, and 81% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 46 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Sharifa first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 1981, to 27 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2024
π Rank History
Sharifa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,988, in 1976.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,988 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,941 in the 1980s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Sharifa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sharifa were born in New York than in any other state: about 118 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sharifa was given about 12.8 times as often in New York.
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