Shaye
Recorded 1951–2025 · United States
Shaye was most popular in 1998, when 152 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,112 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,631, with 19 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,862 people named Shaye.
Shaye over time
How old is the name Shaye?
Shaye first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1951, which makes it about 74 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 68 of the 75 years since.
How many people are named Shaye?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,862 American births named Shaye between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,791 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Shaye in 2025?
19 American babies were named Shaye in 2025, ranking #10,631 that year.
Is Shaye getting more or less popular?
Shaye is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 21 births a year, against 36 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -41% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Shaye a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Shaye is a unisex name — 76.4% of the 2,862 Americans given it were girls and 23.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 58% girls and 42% 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.
How old is someone named Shaye?
Roughly 2,791 Americans named Shaye are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 28 years old, and half are between 21 and 36.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Shaye is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org