Is Shaye a boy or girl name?

Shaye is a unisex name. Of the 2,862 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 76.4% were girls and 23.6% were boys.

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

Births per year. The dot marks Shaye’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Shaye

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