How Many People Are Named Shay?
people named Shay are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 26,622 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,251 babies named Shay in Social Security records from 1932 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
409 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shay, 62.6% were girls and 37.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shay rose from 61% in the 1960s to 73% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shay alive today is about 26 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shay first appears in the records in 1932 and was given most often in 2021, to 409 babies. In 2025, 261 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1932 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shay has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #894, in 1971. In 2025 it ranked #1,227. Among boys, its best rank was #833, in 1991.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,227 | #1,989 |
| Best rank | #894 (1971) | #833 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,005 in the 2020s | #1,055 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shay alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shay were born in California than in any other state: about 1,439 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shay was given 3.2 times as often in Utah, 1.7 times in California and 1.4 times in Illinois.
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