Maraya
Maraya is a well known satiric multi-season Syrian television series, created by the comedian Yasser al-Azmeh, starting from 1982 to 2013.
Meaning & Origin of Maraya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maraya is a well known satiric multi-season Syrian television series, created by the comedian Yasser al-Azmeh, starting from 1982 to 2013.
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The Story of Maraya
Maraya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1977, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 58 Marayas were born — ranking #2,940 that year. As of 2026, Maraya ranks #7,516 for baby girls with 14 births, gradually falling (-13%). In total, more than 938 Marayas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Maraya
Maraya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 938 births in the dataset. Maraya's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #2,940. Use the chart and map above to compare Maraya'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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