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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shaye

Shaye was the 10790th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 1361st with 128 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,087 places. More babies were named Shaye in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#10,790 girls, down 4,500 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
9girls
Girls and boys
55% girls, 45% boys2021–2025
Peak year
1998128 babies
Total since 1880
2,862babies recorded

Shaye popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#10,790#8,145910
2020#6,290#6,2381914
2010#4,588#5,9933215
2000#2,033#3,6238223
1990#2,686#4,6314412
1980#2,642—36—
1970#5,342—10—
1960#6,279—6—
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How popular is Shaye, counting every spelling?

Shaye has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Shaye?

9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shaye (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shaye 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 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shaye.

Chance of another Shaye in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Shaye?

About 2,100 people born in the US named Shaye are alive today, with a median age of 28; half are between 22 and 36. That makes Shaye mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

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These names rose and fell in step with Shaye: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shaye, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shaye

How popular is the name Shaye?

Shaye was the 10790th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 1361st with 128 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,087 places. More babies were named Shaye in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Shaye a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 55% girls, 45% boys given the name Shaye in the US.