Shai

boys’ name · 56%girls’ name · 44%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Shai is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 200 births. Its best rank was 981st, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 2000.01% of boys
Peak year: 2023224 births
Best rank: #981in 2023
Since 1971: 4,047people given the name

Babies named Shai, by year of birthboysgirls

The story in the numbers

2,254 boys have been named Shai in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 224 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2020s alone account for 43%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Shai is used for both sexes: 44% of its bearers are girls (1,793), most of them born around 2023.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Shai
1970s	34
1980s	80
1990s	254
2000s	354
2010s	570
2020s	962

In 2023, its biggest year

Shai was the 981st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Shai

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Sai2,066 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.