How Many People Are Named Shady?
people named Shady are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 693,275 people in the US has this name
Based on 530 babies named Shady in Social Security records from 1915 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
27 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shady, 39.5% were girls and 60.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 36.1% of the babies were girls then and 31.2% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shady alive today is about 31 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shady first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1994, to 27 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Shady has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,141, in 1916. Among girls, its best rank was #4,356, in 1941.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,141 (1916) | #4,356 (1941) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,383 in the 1990s | #8,742 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shady alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shady were born in California than in any other state: about 14 of those alive today.
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