Girls' name · since 1980
Sharaya
470 babies named Sharaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,324 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,217 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 470
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sharaya currently ranks #11217 among girls' names in America, with 470 babies recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Sharaya recorded 470 times among girls since 1980, holding rank #11217 nationally today, ahead of 35% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #12,324 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,217 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 470 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharaya ranks #12,324 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,217 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 470 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,324 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,217 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 470
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sharaya's 470 recorded births place it above 82.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Sharaya compares
470 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sharaya's all-time total is 25% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sharaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 470 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sharaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sharaya's full recorded timeline at 2001, 33% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 67% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sharaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Sharaya by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (168 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Sharaya's strongest decade.
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Sharaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
132 births
- 1990s
1990s
168 births
- 2000s
2000s
98 births
- 2010s 39
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 168 births (36% of all-time use).
Sharaya by state
Where Sharaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 16 | 3.4% |
| #2 | California | | 12 | 2.6% |
16 of 470 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Sharaya's data
- Sharaya's decade-level peak was the 1990s (168 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Sharayas (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sharaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sharaya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.