Sharaya
Sharaya is a Gotra of Jats mainly found in Sonipat district of Haryana in India.
Meaning & Origin of Sharaya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sharaya is a Gotra of Jats mainly found in Sonipat district of Haryana in India.
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Origin & history
The Story of Sharaya
Sharaya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1980, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 33 births, good for #3,300 nationwide. About 36% of every Sharaya on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Sharaya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 462 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Sharaya
Sharaya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 462 births in the dataset. Sharaya's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #3,300. Use the chart and map above to compare Sharaya'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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