Sherif
#7,966 most common boys' name of all time · #20,058 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1969–2025
Rank among boys
#7,966
Rank overall
#20,058 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
428
Since 2016
49
Peak year
1990 #3,402
Best rank
#3,402 1990
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Sherif first appears in 1969. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,401 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,188 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,507 |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,062 |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,039 |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,311 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,028 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,447 |
| 2014 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,746 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,496 |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,713 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,607 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,476 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,128 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,947 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,525 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,347 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,252 |
| 2001 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,227 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,017 |
| 1999 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,431 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,998 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,478 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,711 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,662 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,074 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,167 |
| 1992 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,222 |
| 1991 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,353 |
| 1990 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,402 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,394 |
| 1988 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,985 |
| 1987 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,128 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,215 |
| 1985 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,967 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,380 |
| 1982 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,418 |
| 1981 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,779 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,357 |
| 1979 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,982 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,857 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,052 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,074 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,879 |
| 1974 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,789 |
| 1973 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,982 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,514 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,399 |