girls:
963 births since 1972
#4753 (17th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1955
#3112 (32nd percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1955
#5331 (31st percentile)
The name Shaya is the #5,331 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,509 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 31.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,112 (32.1% percentile) for all time with 1,546 births since 1955. For girls, it ranks #4,753 (16.8% percentile) for all time with 963 births since 1972.
Shaya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for boys and 1972 for girls). Birth data for Shaya is available in 53 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023 (51 years for girls and 46 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shaya has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (61.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 82.6% of babies named Shaya were boys.
For boys, Shaya reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 12.5% percentile (ranked #797) with 65 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 65 births per million (ranked 12.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1996, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shaya is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #797 (12.5% percentile) with 65 births per million.
For girls, Shaya reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #926) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Shaya ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 69.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaya".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Shaya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Shaya is pronounced as SHAY-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAH-yuh, at 19.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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