Sharay — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sharay

The Social Security Administration has registered 739 babies named Sharay between 1967 and 2012, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 269 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sharay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sharay in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sharay in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 739 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.