boys:
104 births since 1992
#4482 (2nd percentile)
overall:
104 births since 1992
#7635 (1st percentile)
The name Shariq is the #7,635 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 104 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,482 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 104 births since 1992.
Shariq first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (first recorded for boys in 1992). Birth data for Shariq is available in 13 out of the 29 years between 1992 and 2020. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Shariq reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #788) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shariq".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Shariq. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.3% confident that Shariq is pronounced as shuh-REEK, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shah-REEK, at 18.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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