Shareef
Boy · shah-REEF · Arabic
Shareef is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “noble, honourable”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Shareef mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sharif
“noble, honourable”
Sharif is also a title for descendants of the Prophet Muhammad through his grandson Hasan.
- Say it
- shah-REEF
Is Shareef a girl's or a boy's name?
Shareef is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shareef in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5 boys.
Shareef in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Shareef in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Shareef, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 53 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Shareef in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shareef in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 53 | #1,787 |
| 1996 | 47 | #1,904 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 38 | #1,569 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,943 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,645 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
Names like Shareef
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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