Sherif

Peak · boys
1982 · 13 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
428
since 1969

Sherif over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Sherif has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,282, 1982boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,2439
2024#8,9878
2023—
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2021#12,1465
2020—
2019#10,8036
2018#10,7606
2017#8,1409
2016#10,7446
2015#12,0865
2014#6,63212
2013#12,1365
2012#7,55910
2011#8,7678
2010#12,2315
2009#8,3109
2008#9,8717
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2006#8,7328
2005#8,2998
2004#8,1438
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2002#7,0559
2001#5,14214
2000#6,8399
1999#5,31712
1998#5,84010
1997#8,1106
1996#6,4968
1995#5,50110
1994#5,8689
1993#5,00211
1992#4,11414
1991#4,23113
1990#3,30918
1989#7,9055
1988#4,7869
1987#3,95911
1986#6,7215
1985#3,80511
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1983#4,1419
1982#3,28213
1981#3,60111
1980#4,1349
1979#3,81010
1978#4,5547
1977#3,8369
1976#5,5875
1975#3,6599
1974#3,5589
1973#3,6948
1972#4,9865
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First appearance
1969

The first year at least five boys were named Sherif! It came in at #3,935, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1970–1972, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Sherif is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Sherif in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Sherif
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 744 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #8,243)
  • 3,843 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 1982 at #3,282 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 2 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 114,113
  • Highest: 1 in 114,113 boys born in 1990 were named Sherif (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,282 in 1982, was only 1 in 139,573 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 25.9% of all boys named Sherif (111) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s6#3,935 (1969)#3,935
1970s62#3,558 (1974)#4,211
1980s83#3,282 (1982)#4,704
1990s111#3,309 (1990)#5,379
2000s72#5,142 (2001)#7,799
2010s72#6,632 (2014)#9,986
2020s22#8,243 (2025)#9,792

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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