Sharai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-RAY
- Origin
- Modern
Sharai is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Sharai come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, perhaps influenced by Sarai
Is Sharai a girl's or a boy's name?
Sharai is a girls' name.
How popular is Sharai in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Sharai in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sharai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
Names like Sharai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sasha Saanvi Sarai Anya Shreya Priya Summer Isha Sanvi Sarahi Asha Shai
Names related to Sharai
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sharai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sharai, updated 20 October 2026.