Sharayah
Unguarded is the seventh studio album by Christian and pop singer Amy Grant, released in 1985 on A&M Records. It is Grant's first album released by A&M.
Meaning & Origin of Sharayah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Unguarded is the seventh studio album by Christian and pop singer Amy Grant, released in 1985 on A&M Records. It is Grant's first album released by A&M.
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The Story of Sharayah
Sharayah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1985, with 18 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1987, when 63 Sharayahs were born — ranking #1,838 that year. As of 2026, Sharayah ranks #15,082 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 615 Sharayahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sharayah
Sharayah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 615 births in the dataset. Sharayah's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #1,838. Use the chart and map above to compare Sharayah'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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