Sharifa
Sharifa is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Sharifa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sharifa is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Sharifa
American parents first put Sharifa on the record books as a baby girl name in 1967, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 27 Sharifas were born — ranking #3,146 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Sharifas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 555 Sharifas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Sharifa
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sharifa. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Cherifa
- Sharifah
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About the name Sharifa
Sharifa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1967 and has accumulated 555 births in the dataset. Sharifa's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #3,146. Use the chart and map above to compare Sharifa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.