How Many People Are Named Shi?
people named Shi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 846,002 people in the US has this name
Based on 412 babies named Shi in Social Security records from 1974 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese 时 (shí) meaning "time, era, season", 实 (shí) meaning "real, honest", 史 (shǐ) meaning "history" or 石 (shí) meaning "stone". Other characters can form this name as well.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shi, 80.6% were girls and 19.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 83.2% of the babies were girls then and 78.2% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shi alive today is about 26 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shi first appears in the records in 1974 and was given most often in 2001, to 28 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Shi has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #5,449, in 1975. Among boys, its best rank was #6,329, in 1995.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #5,449 (1975) | #6,329 (1995) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,276 in the 2000s | #12,634 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shi were born in New York than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today.
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