Sharif is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1980 and has since faded.
Sharif is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #10,512 for boy births in the United States (and #21,691 across all names), given to 7 babies. Sharif was first reported in SSA data in 1963 and peaked in 1980 (82 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,512 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,407 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,837 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,102 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,473 |
| 2020 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,399 |
| 2019 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,091 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,075 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,284 |
| 2016 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,874 |
| 2015 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,271 |
| 2014 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,764 |
| 2013 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,041 |
| 2012 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,227 |
| 2011 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,196 |
| 2010 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,120 |
| 2009 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,154 |
| 2008 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,094 |
| 2007 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,876 |
| 2006 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,780 |
| 2005 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,521 |
| 2004 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,633 |
| 2003 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,573 |
| 2002 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,218 |
| 2001 | 62 | 62 | — | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 56 | 56 | — | #1,892 |
| 1999 | 54 | 54 | — | #1,849 |
| 1998 | 63 | 63 | — | #1,660 |
| 1997 | 71 | — | — | #1,496 |
| 1996 | 64 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1995 | 68 | — | — | #1,454 |
| 1994 | 67 | — | — | #1,452 |
| 1993 | 69 | — | — | #1,405 |
| 1992 | 67 | — | — | #1,392 |
| 1991 | 75 | — | — | #1,306 |
| 1990 | 81 | — | — | #1,225 |
| 1989 | 72 | — | — | #1,291 |
| 1988 | 56 | — | — | #1,400 |
| 1987 | 53 | — | — | #1,399 |
| 1986 | 47 | — | — | #1,472 |
| 1985 | 59 | — | — | #1,255 |
| 1984 | 67 | — | — | #1,108 |
| 1983 | 58 | — | — | #1,200 |
| 1982 | 69 | — | — | #1,105 |
| 1981 | 80 | — | — | #1,022 |
| 1980 | 82 | — | — | #1,003 |
| 1979 | 81 | — | — | #989 |
| 1978 | 63 | — | — | #1,108 |
| 1977 | 80 | — | — | #962 |
| 1976 | 65 | — | — | #1,038 |
| 1975 | 73 | — | — | #964 |
| 1974 | 66 | — | — | #1,016 |
| 1973 | 38 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1972 | 33 | — | — | #1,501 |
| 1971 | 26 | — | — | #1,774 |
| 1970 | 18 | — | #9,070 | #2,719 |
| 1969 | 19 | — | — | #1,967 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | — | #3,325 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | — | #2,958 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | — | #4,540 |