Shraga
Masculine · “lamp”
Shraga is Aramaic for a lamp — the small oil light that burned in a house or a study hall. It is used almost entirely in Hasidic and other observant Jewish families, very often paired with a second name.
How old is the name Shraga?
Shraga first appears in US birth records in 1959 — 66 years ago. The typical Shraga is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Shraga are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shraga most popular?
Shraga peaked in 2023, reaching #3117 nationally. Today it ranks #3314, 197 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Shraga
Aramaic was the everyday language of Jewish life for centuries and left a set of names behind it, of which Shraga is one. The traditional pairing with Feivish is an old practice: a Hebrew or Aramaic name for religious use and a vernacular one for daily life, chosen so that the two mean the same thing. The name has been in continuous use in Ashkenazi communities and remains common in Hasidic families in New York, Israel and Europe.
Meaning
lamp, candle
From Aramaic shraga, a lamp; the word appears in the Talmud for the household light, and the name is traditionally paired with the Yiddish Feivish, itself connected to a word for brightness.
Pronouncing Shraga
SHRAH-gah
Two syllables, first stressed. The shr cluster is unusual at the start of an English word.
Nicknames for Shraga
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
- 1959
- Most boys named
- 202339 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3117reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −7.9%35 in 2025, from 38
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.
Shraga in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Shraga in Hebrew — same name
- Shrage in Yiddish — spelling variant
- Shraga in Aramaic — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey.
Shragas among us
people named Shraga are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 48,802 born in 2025 was named Shraga
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 Jamez test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Shraga's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jamez climbed just as high around 2003, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jamez's path sketches the road Shraga is walking now.
Shraga 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
Where Shraga is headed
Shraga looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 20% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Shraga beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Shraga in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled, concrete meaning drawn from the Talmudic vocabulary of daily life.
- Shragi is a warm short form already in universal community use.
- It is entirely distinct from any other name in an American classroom.
- The shr opening is rare in English and will be stumbled over by anyone outside the community.
- It is very strongly marked as a community name, which is the intention in the families that use it.
- The pairing with Feivish needs explaining to anyone who does not know the practice.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shragas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Shraga are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shraga in 2025?
- Shraga ranks #3314 among US boy names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Shraga?
- About 1 in every 48,802 US boys born in 2025 was named Shraga — 35 in all.
- Will my child share the name Shraga with classmates?
- Shraga will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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