Shay
Shay is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 208 births. Its best rank was 894th, in 1971.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2080.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2022301 births
- Best rank
- #894in 1971
- Since 1953
- 12,989people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,042 girls have been named Shay in the United States since 1953, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 301 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 18%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Shay is used for both sexes: 38% of its bearers are boys (4,947), most of them born around 1991.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Shay was the 914th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Shay
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Devinapeak 2018
- Tovapeak 2023
- Sakinapeak 2024
- Julypeak 2020
- Shoshanapeak 2022
- Cassiapeak 2024
- Koripeak 2016
- Elenipeak 2024
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.