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How popular is the name Sharif?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sharifs are alive today.
Sharif (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2003, when 10 babies were given the name, the 1513th most popular that year. It has declined since 2003; the 2025 figure is roughly 30% of its peak. Sharif is one spelling of a name also recorded as Shareef; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sharif you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old - or else around 30: the name has two living generations. Half of all Sharifs born in England and Wales are between 14 and 29, and there are at least 230 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sharif - on average, only one in every 1,318 such rooms contains a Sharif.
How many babies are named Sharif each year?
Includes all spellings: Sharif, Shareef. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sharif spelling rank?
Where does the Shareef spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sharif most popular?
Sharif peaked in 2003, when 13 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Sharif?
At least 230 people named Sharif in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sharif?
Most living Sharifs are between 14 and 29; the most common age is about 15. There is a second cluster around 30.
Is Sharif becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.