Shaye
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to girls 76.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 128 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,188since 1951
Shaye over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #4,213 | 36 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #3,054 | 55 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #3,126 | 50 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #2,240 | 78 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #2,556 | 63 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #2,199 | 75 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #1,995 | 85 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #2,016 | 82 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #1,874 | 84 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #1,359 | 128 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | #1,671 | 94 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #1,466 | 112 | #3,293 | 21 |
| 1995 | #2,282 | 58 | #3,020 | 23 |
| 1994 | #2,465 | 51 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #2,489 | 50 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #2,351 | 55 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #2,242 | 58 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #2,640 | 44 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #4,033 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
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| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
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| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shaye! It came in at #3,106, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1957, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shaye is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arizona#623 · 1 in 3,559
- Wisconsin#629 · 1 in 5,079
- Massachusetts#705 · 1 in 6,440
- Florida#1,186 · 1 in 10,390
- Texas#1,798 · 1 in 19,936
Best ever in a state: #455 in Iowa, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #623 | 8 | 1 in 3,559 |
| Wisconsin | #629 | 5 | 1 in 5,079 |
| Massachusetts | #705 | 5 | 1 in 6,440 |
| Florida | #1,186 | 7 | 1 in 10,390 |
| Texas | #1,798 | 7 | 1 in 19,936 |
| California | #1,832 | 11 | 1 in 20,889 |
| New York | #1,950 | 5 | 1 in 20,866 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shaye
- 5,186 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #10,107)
- 4,024 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #10,107)
- 5,523 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #10,107)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1998 at #1,359 (128 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,804 girls born in 1998 were named Shaye (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.5% of all girls named Shaye (734) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 27 | #3,106 (1951) | #4,235 |
| 1960s | 63 | #4,222 (1968) | #5,590 |
| 1970s | 197 | #2,683 (1974) | #3,534 |
| 1980s | 265 | #2,572 (1989) | #3,506 |
| 1990s | 734 | #1,359 (1998) | #2,084 |
| 2000s | 603 | #1,995 (2001) | #2,928 |
| 2010s | 222 | #4,494 (2010) | #6,343 |
| 2020s | 77 | #6,083 (2020) | #9,009 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shaye in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 15,652 of them was named Shaye, which outranked 90.8% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,446Quanisha113
- #1,446Taylar113
- #1,446Tory113
- #1,466Shaye112
- #1,466Alexius112
- #1,466Bailie112
- #1,466Corinna112
- #1,478Autum111
- #1,478Chrystal111
- #1,478Krystina111
Tied with 11 names at #1,466; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 90,205 of them was named Shaye, which outranked 68.7% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,202Yancey22
- #3,202Yitzchak22
- #3,202Zackory22
- #3,293Shaye21
- #3,293Aaryn21
- #3,293Abdurrahman21
- #3,293Adison21
- #3,406Alim20
- #3,406Anastasios20
- #3,406Arick20
Tied with 112 names at #3,293; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.