Sharifa
Girl · sha-REE-fa · Arabic
Sharifa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “noble, honourable”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sharifa mean?
Arabic: feminine of Sharif
“noble, honourable”
Feminine of Sharif; sharif is also a title for descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.
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- sha-REE-fa
Is Sharifa a girl's or a boy's name?
Sharifa is a girls' name.
How popular is Sharifa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sharifa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sharifa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Sharifa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1981, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Sharifa in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sharifa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,931 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
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