Sherif
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sheh-REEF
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Sherif 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 Sherif mean?
Arabic: Egyptian spelling of Sharif
“noble, honourable”
Sharif is also a title for descendants of the Prophet Muhammad through his grandson Hasan.
Is Sherif a girl's or a boy's name?
Sherif 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 Sherif in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 7 boys.
Sherif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Sherif in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Sherif, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1990, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had more boys named Sherif than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Sherif in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sherif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Sherif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Saif Abdullah Umar Hassan Mustafa Khalid Raheem Fahad Amir
Names related to Sherif
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Sherif: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sherif, updated 20 October 2026.