Is Shareef a boy or girl name?

Shareef is a boy’s name. Of the 1,196 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

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Shareef

Recorded 1974–2025 · United States

Shareef was most popular in 1997, when 53 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,134 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,196 people named Shareef.

Shareef over time

Births per year. The dot marks Shareef’s peak in 1997. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shareef a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shareef is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,196 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Shareef

Where Shareef is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org