Shareef
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,196since 1974
Shareef over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Shareef has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #3,794 | 28 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #3,888 | 25 |
| 2005 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #3,528 | 25 |
| 2002 | #3,188 | 28 |
| 2001 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #2,222 | 44 |
| 1999 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #2,274 | 39 |
| 1997 | #1,790 | 53 |
| 1996 | #1,908 | 47 |
| 1995 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1994 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #2,697 | 26 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1982 | #2,207 | 23 |
| 1981 | #1,865 | 30 |
| 1980 | #1,569 | 38 |
| 1979 | #1,943 | 27 |
| 1978 | #1,760 | 30 |
| 1977 | #1,645 | 33 |
| 1976 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #2,674 | 14 |
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First appearance
1974
The first year at least five boys were named Shareef! It came in at #2,674, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2022–2025, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Shareef is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Shareef in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,651 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #8,243)
- 3,388 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 1980 at #1,569 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 35,569
- Highest: 1 in 35,569 boys born in 1997 were named Shareef (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,569 in 1980, was only 1 in 46,946 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 26.3% of all boys named Shareef (314) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 147 | #1,645 (1977) | #2,065 |
| 1980s | 242 | #1,569 (1980) | #2,347 |
| 1990s | 314 | #1,790 (1997) | #2,620 |
| 2000s | 267 | #2,222 (2000) | #3,690 |
| 2010s | 160 | #3,794 (2019) | #5,728 |
| 2020s | 66 | #4,855 (2020) | #7,780 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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