Shaya**
#2,525 most common boys' name of all time · #6,078 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1955–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,525
Rank overall
#6,078 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
2,850
Since 2016
1,302
Peak year
2025 #1,373
Best rank
#1,373 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 171/yr
Shaya first appears in 1955. 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 | 36 | 135 | 171 | #1,373 |
| 2024 | 39 | 127 | 166 | #1,434 |
| 2023 | 27 | 120 | 147 | #1,493 |
| 2022 | 37 | 94 | 131 | #1,765 |
| 2021 | 31 | 106 | 137 | #1,609 |
| 2020 | 31 | 82 | 113 | #1,825 |
| 2019 | 25 | 112 | 137 | #1,517 |
| 2018 | 32 | 83 | 115 | #1,829 |
| 2017 | 15 | 69 | 84 | #2,040 |
| 2016 | 19 | 82 | 101 | #1,833 |
| 2015 | 21 | 53 | 74 | #2,416 |
| 2014 | 29 | 50 | 79 | #2,499 |
| 2013 | 23 | 49 | 72 | #2,503 |
| 2012 | 14 | 51 | 65 | #2,457 |
| 2011 | 24 | 53 | 77 | #2,386 |
| 2010 | 21 | 50 | 71 | #2,479 |
| 2009 | 25 | 43 | 68 | #2,817 |
| 2008 | 29 | 30 | 59 | #3,585 |
| 2007 | 27 | 28 | 55 | #3,725 |
| 2006 | 26 | 31 | 57 | #3,409 |
| 2005 | 23 | 29 | 52 | #3,409 |
| 2004 | 23 | 29 | 52 | #3,323 |
| 2003 | 28 | 28 | 56 | #3,307 |
| 2002 | 18 | 24 | 42 | #3,592 |
| 2001 | 24 | 25 | 49 | #3,443 |
| 2000 | 19 | 16 | 35 | #4,633 |
| 1999 | 21 | 16 | 37 | #4,402 |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | 34 | #4,078 |
| 1997 | 15 | 12 | 27 | #5,053 |
| 1996 | 21 | 10 | 31 | #5,676 |
| 1995 | 25 | 9 | 34 | #6,064 |
| 1994 | 16 | 11 | 27 | #5,216 |
| 1993 | 15 | 15 | 30 | #4,086 |
| 1992 | 17 | 5 | 22 | #8,790 |
| 1991 | 18 | 16 | 34 | #3,710 |
| 1990 | 14 | 17 | 31 | #3,534 |
| 1989 | 14 | 12 | 26 | #4,371 |
| 1988 | 15 | 9 | 24 | #4,922 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1986 | 16 | 9 | 25 | #4,634 |
| 1985 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #6,933 |
| 1984 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #5,235 |
| 1983 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #5,816 |
| 1982 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #6,753 |
| 1981 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #6,656 |
| 1980 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1979 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #5,081 |
| 1978 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #5,382 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,131 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,388 |