How Many People Are Named Shy?
people named Shy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 727,201 people in the US has this name
Based on 478 babies named Shy in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shy, 89.3% were girls and 10.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 92.5% of the babies were girls then and 90.6% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shy alive today is about 23 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shy first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 1997, to 37 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,607, in 1997. In 2025 it ranked #12,983. Among boys, its best rank was #8,648, in 1994.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,983 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,607 (1997) | #8,648 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,864 in the 2000s | #13,233 in the 2020s |
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