Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shareef

#4,316 most common boys' name of all time · #10,567 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among boys
#4,316
Rank overall
#10,567 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,196
Since 2016
134
Peak year
1997 #1,809
Best rank
#1,592 1980
Girls Boys peak 53/yr
198020002020

Shareef first appears in 1974. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 9 9 #8,425
2024 — 7 7 #10,157
2023 — 8 8 #9,137
2022 — 8 8 #9,205
2021 — 15 15 #5,862
2020 — 19 19 #4,926
2019 — 28 28 #3,832
2018 — 13 13 #6,475
2017 — 13 13 #6,447
2016 — 14 14 #6,157
2015 — 13 13 #6,428
2014 — 19 19 #4,944
2013 — 17 17 #5,252
2012 — 20 20 #4,749
2011 — 11 11 #7,164
2010 — 12 12 #6,824
2009 — 18 18 #5,194
2008 — 21 21 #4,610
2007 — 28 28 #3,742
2006 — 25 25 #3,944
2005 — 23 23 #4,009
2004 — 22 22 #4,065
2003 — 25 25 #3,583
2002 — 28 28 #3,227
2001 — 33 33 #2,843
2000 — 44 44 #2,248
1999 — 30 30 #2,835
1998 — 39 39 #2,300
1997 — 53 53 #1,809
1996 — 47 47 #1,926
1995 — 29 29 #2,600
1994 — 27 27 #2,747
1993 — 26 26 #2,754
1992 — 14 14 #4,247
1991 — 23 23 #2,887
1990 — 26 26 #2,612
1989 — 19 19 #3,170
1988 — 17 17 #3,166
1987 — 25 25 #2,325
1986 — 21 21 #2,594
1985 — 30 30 #1,969
1984 — 18 18 #2,690
1983 — 21 21 #2,398
1982 — 23 23 #2,261
1981 — 30 30 #1,896
1980 — 38 38 #1,592
1979 — 27 27 #1,988
1978 — 30 30 #1,792
1977 — 33 33 #1,669
1976 — 27 27 #1,871
1975 — 16 16 #2,635
1974 — 14 14 #2,797