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Shaurya

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,267 among boys
Births in 2025
155 1,705 since 1880
Typical age
8 years, median

Shaurya popularity over time

Shaurya rank by birth year, 2000–2025Shaurya ranked #10,349 in 2000 and #1,267 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,267, in 2025.#10,000#1,267200020052010201520202025
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 2000–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Shaurya was used most in 2025, when 155 babies were given the name. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 2000. As of 2025 the name sits at #1,267, with 155 births that year.

Compared with 2015, births are up 52%. It climbed 589 places against the previous year.

Babies named Shaurya per yearPeaks at 155 births in 2025.155 in 20250200020052010201520202025
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Shaurya?

Roughly 1,700 Shauryas are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 1,705 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Shaurya?

Median age among living Shauryas: 8. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Shaurya a current name.

Your Shaurya

Ages of living people named ShauryaHalf of living Shauryas are older than 8 and half younger.median 8020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Shaurya is most common

Relative to births, New Jersey carries 4.6× the national share of Shauryas. Washington, California and Georgia follow.

Where Shaurya is used more than average5 states use the name Shaurya more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.5× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: 1.4× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 4.6× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 2.2× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: 1.7× the national rateGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Shaurya is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 99 4.6×
Washington 46 2.5×
California 233 2.2×
Georgia 46 1.7×
Illinois 41 1.4×

Shaurya in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Shaurya ranked #1,153 in 2025 on 25 births. That is 92% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Shaurya comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit शौर्य.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Shaurya

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Shaurya Chauhan Indian television actor & host 1983 8
Photo credits (1)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Shaurya

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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