How Many People Are Named Shai?
people named Shai are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 79,781 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,340 babies named Shai in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
340 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "gift" in Hebrew.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shai, 43.1% were girls and 56.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shai fell from 51.8% in the 1980s to 32.6% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1990s, at 63.9%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shai alive today is about 14 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shai first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 2023, to 340 babies. In 2025, 293 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shai has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #983, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #1,032. Among girls, its best rank was #1,674, in 1993.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,032 | #2,349 |
| Best rank | #983 (2023) | #1,674 (1993) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,092 in the 2020s | #2,031 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shai alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shai were born in California than in any other state: about 485 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shai was given 3.5 times as often in New York, 2 times in California and 1.9 times in Florida.
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