Shay in Illinois
Babies in Illinois
404
since 1971
Rank in Illinois · 2025
#1,014
recorded as girls
#1,133
recorded as boys
Peak year in Illinois
2021
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Illinois, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Shay in Illinois from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 1,014 | 6 | 1,133 |
| 2024 | 12 | 764 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 12 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 18 | 577 | 8 | 957 |
| 2021 | 26 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 15 | 685 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 13 | 779 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 9 | 1,021 | 9 | 891 |
| 2017 | 8 | 1,154 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 15 | 726 | 10 | 855 |
| 2015 | 13 | 803 | 5 | 1,319 |
| 2014 | 8 | 1,172 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 8 | 1,144 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,343 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,382 |
| 2008 | 5 | 1,741 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 1,692 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 8 | 1,156 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 1,562 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,217 |
| 2000 | 7 | 1,217 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 7 | 1,154 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 8 | 1,045 | 7 | 923 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 8 | 816 |
| 1993 | 5 | 1,448 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 8 | 1,024 | 7 | 864 |
| 1991 | 8 | 1,036 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 7 | 1,088 | 6 | 875 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 1,237 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 6 | 1,098 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 6 | 1,068 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 5 | 1,235 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 6 | 1,094 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 7 | 724 |
| 1980 | 8 | 949 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 7 | 1,006 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | 922 | 6 | 760 |
| 1974 | 5 | 1,137 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 6 | 1,035 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 5 | 828 |
| 1971 | 6 | 1,072 | <5 | — |