Sharifa
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 25 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 555since 1967
Sharifa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sharifa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
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| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | — | |
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| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
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| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
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| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five girls were named Sharifa! It came in at #6,804, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sharifa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Sharifa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sharifa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1976 at #2,932 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 58,604
- Highest: 1 in 58,604 girls born in 1976 were named Sharifa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 202,524 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 38.4% of all girls named Sharifa (213) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,804 (1967) | #6,804 |
| 1970s | 139 | #2,932 (1976) | #5,226 |
| 1980s | 213 | #3,147 (1981) | #3,913 |
| 1990s | 120 | #3,936 (1991) | #7,649 |
| 2000s | 30 | #13,521 (2001) | #14,562 |
| 2010s | 26 | #11,931 (2014) | #13,721 |
| 2020s | 22 | #10,312 (2023) | #12,247 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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