Jaray
Jaray is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Hans Jaray (1906−1990), Austrian actor, director, and author Paul Jaray (1889−1974), Hungarian engineer, designer, and pioneer of automotive streamlining Tess Jaray, British painter and printmaker
Meaning & Origin of Jaray
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaray is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Hans Jaray (1906−1990), Austrian actor, director, and author Paul Jaray (1889−1974), Hungarian engineer, designer, and pioneer of automotive streamlining Tess Jaray, British painter and printmaker
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The Story of Jaray
American parents first put Jaray on the record books as a baby boy name in 1979, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 13 Jarays were born — ranking #4,668 that year. About 31% of every Jaray on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jaray last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 268 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jaray
Jaray is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 268 births in the dataset. Jaray's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #4,668. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaray's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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