Shaya
Shaya was the 1375th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 135 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,052 places. More babies were named Shaya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,375 boys, up 451 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 135boys
- Girls and boys
- 23% girls, 77% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025135 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,850babies recorded
Shaya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,055 | #1,375 | 36 | 135 |
| 2020 | #4,435 | #1,826 | 31 | 82 |
| 2010 | #6,354 | #2,504 | 21 | 50 |
| 2000 | #5,906 | #4,755 | 19 | 16 |
| 1990 | #6,417 | #3,580 | 14 | 17 |
| 1980 | #3,977 | — | 20 | — |
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How popular is Shaya, counting every spelling?
Shaya has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,313 for boys in 2025, against #1,375 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Shaya?
135 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shaya (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Shaya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 62 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shaya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shaya?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Shaya are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 17. That makes Shaya a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Shaya by state
How common Shaya was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (14.2×), New Jersey (7.5×). In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Shaya
How popular is the name Shaya?
Shaya was the 1375th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 135 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,052 places. More babies were named Shaya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Shaya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 23% girls, 77% boys given the name Shaya in the US.
Where is Shaya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Shaya was most common in New York (0.95 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and California.