girls:
135 births since 1971
#5581 (2nd percentile)
boys:
146 births since 1975
#4440 (3rd percentile)
overall:
281 births since 1971
#7458 (4th percentile)
The name Shey is the #7,458 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 281 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,440 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 146 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,581 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 135 births since 1971.
Shey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Shey is available in 32 out of the 51 years between 1971 and 2021 (21 years for boys and 19 years for girls). 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 Shey is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2021, 100.0% of babies named Shey were boys. Interestingly, until around 1987, the name was more popular for girls (74.1% girls from 1971 to 1986), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (58.7% boys from 1987 to 2021).
For boys, Shey reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #747) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Shey reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #817) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shey".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.1% confident that Shey is pronounced as shay, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shee, at 13.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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