Sharif
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sha-REEF
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Sharif is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “noble; honourable”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Sharif mean?
Arabic
“noble; honourable”
Sharif is also a title for descendants of the Prophet Muhammad through his grandson Hasan.
Is Sharif a girl's or a boy's name?
Sharif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sharif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Sharif, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sharif in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Sharif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Sharif in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Sharif, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1980, with 82 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had fewer boys named Sharif than any year since 1966.
Half of all the boys named Sharif in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sharif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 45 | #2,489 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,541 |
| 2002 | 48 | #2,191 |
| 2001 | 62 | #1,796 |
| 2000 | 56 | #1,871 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 63 | #1,639 |
| 1997 | 71 | #1,483 |
| 1996 | 64 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 68 | #1,443 |
| 1994 | 67 | #1,430 |
| 1993 | 69 | #1,395 |
| 1992 | 67 | #1,377 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,291 |
| 1990 | 81 | #1,211 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,276 |
| 1988 | 56 | #1,391 |
| 1987 | 53 | #1,377 |
| 1986 | 47 | #1,456 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,241 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,095 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,190 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,096 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,014 |
| 1980 | 82 | #996 |
| 1979 | 81 | #984 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,099 |
| 1977 | 80 | #954 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,030 |
| 1975 | 73 | #961 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,007 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
Names like Sharif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed, Muhammad, Saif, Hamza, Abdullah, Hassan, Raheem, Mustafa, Umar, Fahad, Khalid, Samir
Names related to Sharif
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sharif: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sharif, updated 20 October 2026.