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

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Peak · girls
1998 · 128 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,188
since 1951

Shaye over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #1,359, 1998peak #2,615, 1989girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#7,67910
2024#15,2935#6,46913
2023#7,64014#8,2559
2022#6,46418#8,9908
2021#8,46412#9,7147
2020#6,08319#5,98014
2019#9,73610#7,64310
2018#6,24819#7,61710
2017#10,6899#6,68512
2016#5,79622#12,1855
2015#4,58430#5,99914
2014#6,71318#7,56210
2013#4,54331#12,1365
2012#5,71023#7,05011
2011#4,91528#8,0799
2010#4,49432#5,74115
2009#3,94439#4,58221
2008#3,93640#5,76715
2007#4,21336#5,43416
2006#3,05455#7,9989
2005#3,12650#6,63411
2004#2,24078#4,79317
2003#2,55663#4,11420
2002#2,19975#4,70316
2001#1,99585#3,97420
2000#2,01682#3,53623
1999#1,87484#3,37623
1998#1,359128#3,19124
1997#1,67194#2,90326
1996#1,466112#3,29321
1995#2,28258#3,02023
1994#2,46551#5,45210
1993#2,48950#3,66117
1992#2,35155#3,92015
1991#2,24258#3,81315
1990#2,64044#4,40712
1989#2,57244#2,61524
1988#2,98734#3,35015
1987#3,10130#3,95911
1986#3,89021#3,26814
1985#3,17028#6,5235
1984#4,47816#5,5616
1983#4,10918
1982#4,52716#4,5938
1981#3,62522
1980#2,60336
1979#3,77720#3,56911
1978#3,19624
1977#3,48621#4,1648
1976#3,18822#4,4187
1975#3,63718#4,7976
1974#2,68327#2,94612
1973#3,12221#4,0547
1972#3,40418#3,6228
1971#3,78916#4,3756
1970#5,06110
1969#5,4568
1968#4,22211
1967#4,6259
1966#5,2737
1965#5,8176
1964#6,7675#4,0395
1963#6,5925
1962#5,8606#4,0335
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First appearance
1951

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.

See more about Shaye
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1998 at #1,359 (128 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,804
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.5% of all girls named Shaye (734) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s27#3,106 (1951)#4,235
1960s63#4,222 (1968)#5,590
1970s197#2,683 (1974)#3,534
1980s265#2,572 (1989)#3,506
1990s734#1,359 (1998)#2,084
2000s603#1,995 (2001)#2,928
2010s222#4,494 (2010)#6,343
2020s77#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 2000

girls
#2,016
82 births · 1 in 22,147 girls
boys
#3,536
23 births · 1 in 85,391 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #2,016Shaye82

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #3,536Shaye23
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 22,147 of them was named Shaye, which outranked 88.6% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shaye
  1. #1,998Shanelle83
  2. #1,998Tala83
  3. #1,998Zaire83
  4. #2,016Shaye82
  5. #2,016Araya82
  6. #2,016Carlene82
  7. #2,016Chyenne82
  8. #2,034Alexsandra81
  9. #2,034Amyah81
  10. #2,034Angelita81

Tied with 17 names at #2,016; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 2,528Laisha#3,509#981
  2. 2,131Litzy#2,527#396
  3. 2,096Cielo#2,991#895
  4. 1,864Yamilet#2,703#839
  5. 1,775Nyah#2,567#792
Fallers
  1. 560Tatyanna#951#1,511
  2. 529Jailene#506#1,035
  3. 431Shanice#727#1,158
  4. 384Chantal#921#1,305
  5. 348Infant#658#1,006

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 85,391 of them was named Shaye, which outranked 70.8% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shaye
  1. #3,423Yannick24
  2. #3,423Zacarias24
  3. #3,423Zaccary24
  4. #3,536Shaye23
  5. #3,536Aaren23
  6. #3,536Aarron23
  7. #3,536Aaryn23
  8. #3,640Abdulla22
  9. #3,640Abiel22
  10. #3,640Abisai22

Tied with 103 names at #3,536; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 4,806Maximus#5,656#850
  2. 2,950Elian#3,376#426
  3. 438Axel#799#361
  4. 437Luca#1,063#626
  5. 403Jevon#1,039#636
Fallers
  1. 1,334Trajan#996#2,330
  2. 498Jordi#743#1,241
  3. 322Auston#931#1,253
  4. 298Tyreke#737#1,035
  5. 274Tahj#863#1,137

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000