Shray
Boy · SHRAY · Sanskrit
Shray is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “merit; excellence”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Shray mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Shrey, from sreya
“merit; excellence”
- Say it
- SHRAY
Is Shray a girl's or a boy's name?
Shray is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shray in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Shray, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shray in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Shray in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
How popular is Shray in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Shray in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shray in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
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