Is Shady a boy or girl name?

Shady is a unisex name. Of the 530 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 38.1% were girls and 61.9% were boys.

Shady

Recorded 1915–2023 · United States

Shady was most popular in 1994, when 27 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,362 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 530 people named Shady.

Shady over time

Births per year. The dot marks Shady’s peak in 1994. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shady a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shady is a unisex name — 38.1% of the 530 Americans given it were girls and 61.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org