Shraga
Boy · SHRAH-guh · Aramaic
Shraga is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “lamp, light”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Shraga mean?
Aramaic: Aramaic word, used as a Jewish name
“lamp, light”
Often paired with Feivel in the double name Shraga Feivel, both names being linked to light.
- Say it
- SHRAH-guh
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Is Shraga a girl's or a boy's name?
Shraga is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shraga in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Shraga, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Shraga in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
How popular is Shraga in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Shraga, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Shraga in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shraga in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
Names like Shraga
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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