Shai**
#1,910 most common boys' name of all time · #4,615 across all names · 57% male / 43% female · used 1968–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,910
Rank overall
#4,615 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
4,340
Since 2016
2,210
Peak year
2023 #984
Best rank
#984 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 340/yr
Shai first appears in 1968. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | 215 | 293 | #1,031 |
| 2024 | 101 | 200 | 301 | #1,089 |
| 2023 | 116 | 224 | 340 | #984 |
| 2022 | 107 | 219 | 326 | #1,018 |
| 2021 | 96 | 199 | 295 | #1,073 |
| 2020 | 71 | 120 | 191 | #1,445 |
| 2019 | 59 | 98 | 157 | #1,656 |
| 2018 | 48 | 75 | 123 | #1,966 |
| 2017 | 36 | 66 | 102 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 30 | 52 | 82 | #2,457 |
| 2015 | 31 | 50 | 81 | #2,509 |
| 2014 | 26 | 35 | 61 | #3,187 |
| 2013 | 20 | 50 | 70 | #2,481 |
| 2012 | 33 | 55 | 88 | #2,339 |
| 2011 | 34 | 44 | 78 | #2,719 |
| 2010 | 25 | 45 | 70 | #2,705 |
| 2009 | 34 | 45 | 79 | #2,721 |
| 2008 | 40 | 55 | 95 | #2,361 |
| 2007 | 41 | 42 | 83 | #2,837 |
| 2006 | 41 | 34 | 75 | #3,180 |
| 2005 | 26 | 27 | 53 | #3,559 |
| 2004 | 25 | 33 | 58 | #3,043 |
| 2003 | 25 | 34 | 59 | #2,879 |
| 2002 | 34 | 35 | 69 | #2,707 |
| 2001 | 38 | 23 | 61 | #3,655 |
| 2000 | 45 | 26 | 71 | #3,252 |
| 1999 | 36 | 17 | 53 | #4,252 |
| 1998 | 51 | 27 | 78 | #2,965 |
| 1997 | 59 | 25 | 84 | #3,019 |
| 1996 | 57 | 28 | 85 | #2,715 |
| 1995 | 53 | 38 | 91 | #2,164 |
| 1994 | 63 | 40 | 103 | #2,067 |
| 1993 | 90 | 44 | 134 | #1,901 |
| 1992 | 19 | 12 | 31 | #4,700 |
| 1991 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #6,818 |
| 1990 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #3,698 |
| 1989 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #5,908 |
| 1988 | 13 | 8 | 21 | #5,483 |
| 1987 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #4,415 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #7,191 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #4,955 |
| 1984 | 13 | 11 | 24 | #3,837 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,198 |
| 1982 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #5,335 |
| 1981 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #4,378 |
| 1980 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #5,265 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,137 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1977 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1976 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #4,292 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1974 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #4,500 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1972 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #5,492 |
| 1971 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1969 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | — |