Shay in California
Babies in California
1,476
since 1963
Rank in California · 2025
#1,185
recorded as girls
#1,150
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
2021
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Shay in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 1,185 | 17 | 1,150 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,016 | 19 | 1,067 |
| 2023 | 33 | 882 | 14 | 1,294 |
| 2022 | 42 | 778 | 16 | 1,240 |
| 2021 | 47 | 708 | 20 | 1,060 |
| 2020 | 46 | 713 | 13 | 1,373 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,189 | 14 | 1,317 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,124 | 11 | 1,534 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,406 | 13 | 1,369 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,428 | 19 | 1,094 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,142 | 11 | 1,538 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,434 | 9 | 1,738 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,311 | 9 | 1,693 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,169 | 5 | 2,514 |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,752 | 12 | 1,405 |
| 2010 | 13 | 1,860 | 7 | 2,016 |
| 2009 | 14 | 1,818 | 12 | 1,424 |
| 2008 | 12 | 2,053 | 12 | 1,463 |
| 2007 | 13 | 1,940 | 12 | 1,427 |
| 2006 | 9 | 2,433 | 13 | 1,334 |
| 2005 | 14 | 1,733 | 15 | 1,164 |
| 2004 | 23 | 1,241 | 10 | 1,474 |
| 2003 | 13 | 1,770 | 8 | 1,672 |
| 2002 | 13 | 1,736 | 14 | 1,144 |
| 2001 | 16 | 1,510 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 17 | 1,424 | 9 | 1,434 |
| 1999 | 15 | 1,505 | 8 | 1,550 |
| 1998 | 7 | 2,478 | 18 | 906 |
| 1997 | 14 | 1,559 | 10 | 1,302 |
| 1996 | 13 | 1,635 | 10 | 1,314 |
| 1995 | 19 | 1,290 | 10 | 1,309 |
| 1994 | 13 | 1,696 | 13 | 1,117 |
| 1993 | 12 | 1,819 | 9 | 1,437 |
| 1992 | 10 | 2,052 | 9 | 1,468 |
| 1991 | 12 | 1,775 | 14 | 1,094 |
| 1990 | 14 | 1,618 | 13 | 1,115 |
| 1989 | 12 | 1,678 | 11 | 1,215 |
| 1988 | 13 | 1,508 | 7 | 1,538 |
| 1987 | 6 | 2,386 | 10 | 1,154 |
| 1986 | 6 | 2,281 | 8 | 1,300 |
| 1985 | 6 | 2,225 | 7 | 1,372 |
| 1984 | 8 | 1,757 | 5 | 1,619 |
| 1983 | 11 | 1,420 | 7 | 1,269 |
| 1982 | 11 | 1,427 | 7 | 1,276 |
| 1981 | 8 | 1,709 | 5 | 1,505 |
| 1980 | 8 | 1,665 | 9 | 1,039 |
| 1979 | 10 | 1,418 | 8 | 1,057 |
| 1978 | 10 | 1,356 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 6 | 1,819 | 10 | 891 |
| 1976 | 10 | 1,278 | 11 | 836 |
| 1975 | 9 | 1,314 | 11 | 805 |
| 1974 | 10 | 1,200 | 8 | 940 |
| 1973 | 10 | 1,162 | 9 | 867 |
| 1972 | 11 | 1,082 | 6 | 1,070 |
| 1971 | 21 | 753 | 9 | 870 |
| 1970 | 13 | 1,057 | 11 | 805 |
| 1969 | 8 | 1,375 | 6 | 1,044 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | 1,653 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 5 | 1,614 | <5 | — |