Shay
Rank in 2025
#1225
recorded as girls
#1976
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
261
girls 184 · boys 77
Peak year
2022
301 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
13,251
since 1932
Born a Shay? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Shay was most popular in 2022, when 301 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.18 per 1,000). In 2025, 184 babies were named Shay, ranking #1225 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 184 | 1225 | 77 | 1976 |
| 2024 | 208 | 1156 | 98 | 1701 |
| 2023 | 255 | 996 | 90 | 1787 |
| 2022 | 301 | 910 | 102 | 1678 |
| 2021 | 300 | 901 | 109 | 1583 |
| 2020 | 277 | 932 | 87 | 1758 |
| 2019 | 199 | 1180 | 74 | 1974 |
| 2018 | 168 | 1338 | 87 | 1762 |
| 2017 | 180 | 1303 | 72 | 1977 |
| 2016 | 171 | 1371 | 88 | 1754 |
| 2015 | 172 | 1372 | 62 | 2189 |
| 2014 | 144 | 1519 | 53 | 2402 |
| 2013 | 115 | 1775 | 53 | 2364 |
| 2012 | 84 | 2232 | 61 | 2172 |
| 2011 | 102 | 1943 | 76 | 1849 |
| 2010 | 112 | 1818 | 68 | 2010 |
| 2009 | 109 | 1914 | 86 | 1762 |
| 2008 | 148 | 1554 | 75 | 1916 |
| 2007 | 127 | 1713 | 88 | 1713 |
| 2006 | 122 | 1709 | 92 | 1583 |
| 2005 | 123 | 1631 | 90 | 1554 |
| 2004 | 141 | 1448 | 92 | 1477 |
| 2003 | 131 | 1486 | 101 | 1348 |
| 2002 | 140 | 1376 | 75 | 1609 |
| 2001 | 125 | 1499 | 61 | 1816 |
| 2000 | 157 | 1245 | 93 | 1361 |
| 1999 | 167 | 1164 | 84 | 1395 |
| 1998 | 148 | 1228 | 90 | 1322 |
| 1997 | 157 | 1169 | 101 | 1182 |
| 1996 | 158 | 1149 | 116 | 1049 |
| 1995 | 161 | 1100 | 129 | 978 |
| 1994 | 157 | 1137 | 130 | 968 |
| 1993 | 127 | 1318 | 115 | 1029 |
| 1992 | 129 | 1305 | 109 | 1049 |
| 1991 | 117 | 1375 | 154 | 833 |
| 1990 | 128 | 1272 | 118 | 960 |
| 1989 | 124 | 1267 | 123 | 916 |
| 1988 | 106 | 1345 | 128 | 840 |
| 1987 | 114 | 1240 | 106 | 914 |
| 1986 | 92 | 1392 | 64 | 1188 |
| 1985 | 93 | 1382 | 73 | 1083 |
| 1984 | 97 | 1284 | 67 | 1096 |
| 1983 | 92 | 1311 | 57 | 1205 |
| 1982 | 99 | 1284 | 62 | 1164 |
| 1981 | 116 | 1155 | 79 | 1024 |
| 1980 | 134 | 1059 | 87 | 963 |
| 1979 | 89 | 1377 | 86 | 952 |
| 1978 | 107 | 1176 | 71 | 1034 |
| 1977 | 65 | 1621 | 77 | 975 |
| 1976 | 84 | 1297 | 72 | 977 |
| 1975 | 98 | 1175 | 74 | 953 |
| 1974 | 130 | 950 | 78 | 919 |
| 1973 | 115 | 1015 | 79 | 898 |
| 1972 | 116 | 1012 | 65 | 1000 |
| 1971 | 149 | 889 | 55 | 1101 |
| 1970 | 133 | 953 | 69 | 968 |
| 1969 | 53 | 1648 | 38 | 1280 |
| 1968 | 34 | 2056 | 32 | 1366 |
| 1967 | 28 | 2272 | 11 | 2470 |
| 1966 | 22 | 2586 | 18 | 1814 |
| 1965 | 33 | 2031 | 8 | 2982 |
| 1964 | 18 | 3000 | 14 | 2205 |
| 1963 | 27 | 2306 | 14 | 2200 |
| 1962 | 29 | 2210 | 13 | 2279 |
| 1961 | 20 | 2752 | 16 | 2070 |
| 1960 | 11 | 3920 | 12 | 2423 |
| 1959 | 9 | 4300 | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | 7 | 4890 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 15 | 3033 | 5 | 3993 |
| 1956 | 6 | 5325 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 5 | 5828 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 6 | 5148 | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | 7 | 4595 | <5 | — |
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| 1932 | <5 | — | 5 | 3776 |
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Where Shay is most popular
- Wisconsin2.5×
- New Jersey2.3×
- Massachusetts2.3×
- Minnesota2.3×
- Illinois2.2×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 62% · boys 38% across all years