Shaurya
Boy · SHOWR-ya · Sanskrit
Shaurya is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “bravery, valour”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 1,267th for boys in the US (155 babies).
What does Shaurya mean?
Sanskrit
“bravery, valour”
Sanskrit for heroism or valour; India's Shaurya Chakra is a military award for gallantry.
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- SHOWR-ya
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Is Shaurya a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaurya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 155 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaurya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,220among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Shaurya, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 32 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shaurya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.
Shaurya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,220 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,234 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 32 | #971 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
How popular is Shaurya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,267among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 155about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 155 boys in the US were named Shaurya, making it the 1,267th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,621st. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had the most boys named Shaurya of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Shaurya in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaurya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 155 | #1,267 |
| 2024 | 87 | #1,856 |
| 2023 | 87 | #1,832 |
| 2022 | 79 | #1,950 |
| 2021 | 82 | #1,869 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,621 |
| 2019 | 88 | #1,762 |
| 2018 | 104 | #1,591 |
| 2017 | 111 | #1,502 |
| 2016 | 87 | #1,763 |
| 2015 | 102 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 82 | #1,812 |
| 2013 | 75 | #1,877 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 76 | #1,848 |
| 2010 | 78 | #1,849 |
| 2009 | 81 | #1,824 |
| 2008 | 56 | #2,326 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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