Sharaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-RAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Sharaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Sharaya come from?
Modern: spelling of Sharayah; modern American coinage, Sha- + Rayah
Meaning borrowed from Sharayah.
Is Sharaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Sharaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sharaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Sharaya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1991, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had more girls named Sharaya than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Sharaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sharaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
Names like Sharaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avaya, Sasha, Shanaya, Priya, Anika, Radhika, Shreya, Anaya, Saanvi, Aviva, Anya, Saanvika
Names related to Sharaya
Saraya, Saray, Sarayah, Saraiyah, Sarayu, Shaira, Saraiya, Sarahy
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, “Sharaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sharaya, updated 20 October 2026.