Zaray

Girls' name

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Zaray has been given to 81 babies in the U.S. since 1998. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2010, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Zaray, 2024

1 in 669,000

Zaray over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zaray: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zaray means

Zaray is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Zaray is used in Spanish (Latin American).

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 81 girls were recorded with the name Zaray between 1998 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2010; its best national rank was #11,226 in 2010.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Zaray?

Zaray had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only: 1 in 324,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zaray sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zaray. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zarays were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zaray was born before 2008 — so the typical Zaray is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 55.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 93.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 81; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 55.6% of all recorded uses (45).

Is Zaray rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2010 (10)
Years since peak: 15; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #11,226; 2010

Spellings of Zaray

Zaray is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 64.3% against Zaray's <0.01%.

Mary64.3%4,141,481
Sarah17.0%1,098,498
Sara6.8%436,193
Tara2.7%175,812
Kara1.6%101,743
Carly1.0%66,466
Cara0.83%53,305
Lara0.47%30,168

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Zaray by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,226; 2010
Peak year: 2010; 10 that year
First recorded: 1998
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 81
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Zaray

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Zarae Zarea Zarela Zarrah Zareth Zarai Zarie Zarifa Zarin Zarra Zarwa Zareena Zarish Zariel Zareen Zarahi Zareya Zarely Zarya Zaraiah Zaryn Zareli Zareah Miray

Sibling names for Zaray

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jordynn Hayleigh Heidy Carleigh Paityn Shaniya Jocelynn Lailah

For a brother

Jerimiah Rylee Jordyn Giovanny Tristian Aaden Chace Jadiel

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