Shay**
#1,375 most common girls' name of all time · #2,383 across all names · 38% male / 62% female · used 1932–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,375
Rank overall
#2,383 of 105,966
First appeared
1932
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
13,251
Since 2016
3,127
Peak year
2021 #902
Best rank
#893 1971
Girls
Boys
peak 409/yr
Shay first appears in 1932. 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 | 184 | 77 | 261 | #1,225 |
| 2024 | 208 | 98 | 306 | #1,157 |
| 2023 | 255 | 90 | 345 | #997 |
| 2022 | 301 | 102 | 403 | #912 |
| 2021 | 300 | 109 | 409 | #902 |
| 2020 | 277 | 87 | 364 | #934 |
| 2019 | 199 | 74 | 273 | #1,183 |
| 2018 | 168 | 87 | 255 | #1,340 |
| 2017 | 180 | 72 | 252 | #1,305 |
| 2016 | 171 | 88 | 259 | #1,375 |
| 2015 | 172 | 62 | 234 | #1,374 |
| 2014 | 144 | 53 | 197 | #1,523 |
| 2013 | 115 | 53 | 168 | #1,782 |
| 2012 | 84 | 61 | 145 | #2,240 |
| 2011 | 102 | 76 | 178 | #1,946 |
| 2010 | 112 | 68 | 180 | #1,821 |
| 2009 | 109 | 86 | 195 | #1,921 |
| 2008 | 148 | 75 | 223 | #1,557 |
| 2007 | 127 | 88 | 215 | #1,715 |
| 2006 | 122 | 92 | 214 | #1,714 |
| 2005 | 123 | 90 | 213 | #1,633 |
| 2004 | 141 | 92 | 233 | #1,451 |
| 2003 | 131 | 101 | 232 | #1,490 |
| 2002 | 140 | 75 | 215 | #1,382 |
| 2001 | 125 | 61 | 186 | #1,502 |
| 2000 | 157 | 93 | 250 | #1,248 |
| 1999 | 167 | 84 | 251 | #1,166 |
| 1998 | 148 | 90 | 238 | #1,230 |
| 1997 | 157 | 101 | 258 | #1,172 |
| 1996 | 158 | 116 | 274 | #1,150 |
| 1995 | 161 | 129 | 290 | #1,103 |
| 1994 | 157 | 130 | 287 | #1,137 |
| 1993 | 127 | 115 | 242 | #1,321 |
| 1992 | 129 | 109 | 238 | #1,308 |
| 1991 | 117 | 154 | 271 | #1,378 |
| 1990 | 128 | 118 | 246 | #1,275 |
| 1989 | 124 | 123 | 247 | #1,271 |
| 1988 | 106 | 128 | 234 | #1,347 |
| 1987 | 114 | 106 | 220 | #1,244 |
| 1986 | 92 | 64 | 156 | #1,397 |
| 1985 | 93 | 73 | 166 | #1,386 |
| 1984 | 97 | 67 | 164 | #1,289 |
| 1983 | 92 | 57 | 149 | #1,314 |
| 1982 | 99 | 62 | 161 | #1,287 |
| 1981 | 116 | 79 | 195 | #1,156 |
| 1980 | 134 | 87 | 221 | #1,060 |
| 1979 | 89 | 86 | 175 | #1,381 |
| 1978 | 107 | 71 | 178 | #1,181 |
| 1977 | 65 | 77 | 142 | #1,629 |
| 1976 | 84 | 72 | 156 | #1,302 |
| 1975 | 98 | 74 | 172 | #1,182 |
| 1974 | 130 | 78 | 208 | #956 |
| 1973 | 115 | 79 | 194 | #1,023 |
| 1972 | 116 | 65 | 181 | #1,013 |
| 1971 | 149 | 55 | 204 | #893 |
| 1970 | 133 | 69 | 202 | #958 |
| 1969 | 53 | 38 | 91 | #1,661 |
| 1968 | 34 | 32 | 66 | #2,073 |
| 1967 | 28 | 11 | 39 | #2,304 |
| 1966 | 22 | 18 | 40 | #2,625 |
| 1965 | 33 | 8 | 41 | #2,050 |
| 1964 | 18 | 14 | 32 | #3,060 |
| 1963 | 27 | 14 | 41 | #2,341 |
| 1962 | 29 | 13 | 42 | #2,238 |
| 1961 | 20 | 16 | 36 | #2,811 |
| 1960 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #4,064 |
| 1959 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #4,479 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,150 |
| 1957 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #3,108 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,661 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,304 |
| 1954 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #5,501 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,850 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | — |