Masculine dossier · first seen 1963

Sharif

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sharif
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1980

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1963Peak 19802024

Peak year

1980

Decline from peak

78%

2024

All-time

2,678

Sharif has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1980, when 82 boys were named Sharif.

In 2024, only 18 boys were given the name.

Down 78% from its peak.

All told, about 2,678 Americans have been named Sharif and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1963.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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