Shaye
Shaye is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1998128 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1951
- 2,843people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,179 girls have been named Shaye in the United States since 1951, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 128 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 128 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 34%.
Shaye is used for both sexes: 23% of its bearers are boys (664), most of them born around 1997.
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Shaye was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Shaye
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Najapeak 1998
- Najahpeak 1999
- Brinapeak 1996
- Karinapeak 1995
- Brennapeak 1995
- Dayshapeak 1996
- Teannapeak 1996
- Cherokeepeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.