Shey**
#9,977 most common boys' name of all time · #25,201 across all names · 52% male / 48% female · used 1971–2021 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,977
Rank overall
#25,201 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
281
Since 2016
7
Peak year
1991 #4,129
Best rank
#4,129 1991
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Shey first appears in 1971. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,954 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,630 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,372 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,233 |
| 2006 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,196 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,219 |
| 2003 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #11,334 |
| 2002 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #8,718 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,586 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,042 |
| 1998 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,497 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,429 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,128 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1991 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #4,129 |
| 1990 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #4,839 |
| 1989 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #4,691 |
| 1988 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #6,088 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,482 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,240 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1981 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1980 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,449 |
| 1975 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #6,005 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | 8 | — |