NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Shay Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Shay: every year it appeared on the national list since 1953, with 8,227 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
8,227
Peak year
2022 #914
Years on the list
73
10-year trend
+25.4%

In the 2020s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1953–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011102#1951
201284#2261
2013115#1791
2014144#1525
2015172#1379
2016171#1378
2017180#1307
2018168#1344
2019199#1184
2020277#934
2021300#903
2022301#914
2023255#1000
2024208#1159
2025184#1227

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2022

CA
42
NY
27
IL
18
MI
18
TX
16
NJ
14

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