Girls' name · since 1985
Sharayah
615 babies named Sharayah in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 615
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sharayah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 615 have been recorded since 1985.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharayah has been recorded 615 times among girls since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2020.
- #10,393 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 615 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sharayah ranks #10,393 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 615 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 615
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sharayah's 615 recorded births place it above 85.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Sharayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sharayah splits its recorded history at 2000: 17% of all births land in the more recent half, 83% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 63 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sharayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2020
- Peak year (1987)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Sharayah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (264 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Sharayah's strongest decade.
264 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Sharayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
248 births
- 1990s
1990s
264 births
- 2000s 63
2000s
63 births
- 2010s 35
2010s
35 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 264 births (43% of all-time use).
How Sharayah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sharayah's total volume
Sharayah by state
Where Sharayah concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 47 | 7.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 22 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Oregon | | 17 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Washington | | 10 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #7 | New York | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.8% |
47 of 615 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Sharayah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (264 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sharayahs (47 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Sharayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1985–2020 (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 Sharayah 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.