Shourya
Masculine · “valor”
Shourya is the Sanskrit word for valor, and it is built on shura — a hero, which is what the Mahabharata calls its warriors.
How old is the name Shourya?
Shourya first appears in US birth records in 2005 — 20 years ago. The typical Shourya is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Shourya are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shourya most popular?
Shourya peaked in 2015, reaching #2565 nationally. Today it ranks #4249, 1,684 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
Where it comes from
From shura to Shourya
The story of Shourya
Shura is the word for a hero throughout the Sanskrit epics, and shaurya is the quality itself — one of the virtues the Bhagavad Gita lists as belonging to the warrior class. India's gallantry decorations use the word: the Shaurya Chakra is a military and civil award for valor. The name is used across north and west India and reaches American records with Indian families.
Meaning
valor, heroism
From Sanskrit shura, a hero or brave man, giving the abstract noun shaurya, valor; the same word appears in the epics as a standing epithet and in the name of the Shurasena people.
How the name formed
- shura
- shaurya
- Shourya
Related forms: Shaurya · Shaurya · Shourya
Pronouncing Shourya
SHOWR-yah
Two syllables, first stressed, the first rhyming with hour. The ry is a single glide.
Nicknames for Shourya
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2005
- Most boys named
- 201548 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2565reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −7.7%24 in 2025, from 26
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Shourya in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Shaurya in Hindi — spelling variant
- Shaurya in Sanskrit — same name
- Shourya in Marathi — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Massachusetts.
Shouryas among us
people named Shourya are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 71,170 born in 2025 was named Shourya
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Crescencio test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Shourya's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Crescencio climbed just as high around 1926, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Crescencio's path sketches the road Shourya is walking now.
Shourya sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Shourya beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Shourya in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely serious place in the epic tradition.
- A national gallantry award carries the word, which is a good association.
- Seven letters and two syllables, manageable to write.
- Shaurya is the more standard transliteration and both are in use.
- The ou spelling misleads English readers, who will say SHOOR-yah.
- It needs explaining outside Indian communities every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shouryas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Shourya are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shourya in 2025?
- Shourya ranks #4249 among US boy names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Shourya?
- About 1 in every 71,170 US boys born in 2025 was named Shourya — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Shourya with classmates?
- Shourya will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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