girls:
2.2k births since 1951
#3687 (35th percentile)
boys:
650 births since 1962
#3937 (14th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1951
#5084 (34th percentile)
The name Shaye is the #5,084 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,824 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 34.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,687 (35.5% percentile) for all time with 2,174 births since 1951. For boys, it ranks #3,937 (14.1% percentile) for all time with 650 births since 1962.
Shaye first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (1951 for girls and 1962 for boys). Birth data for Shaye is available in 66 out of the 73 years between 1951 and 2023 (66 years for girls and 51 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 Shaye has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 63.6% of babies named Shaye were girls.
For girls, Shaye reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 14.1% percentile (ranked #751) with 66 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 66 births per million (ranked 14.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Shaye ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 12.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Shaye reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #734) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Shaye ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 33.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaye".
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