Shay Popularity by Year
Follow Shay across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Shay birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 77 | #1,976 | Down 275 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 184 | #1,225 | Down 69 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 98 | #1,701 | Up 86 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 208 | #1,156 | Down 160 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 90 | #1,787 | Down 109 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 255 | #996 | Down 86 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 102 | #1,678 | Down 95 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 301 | #910 | Down 9 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 109 | #1,583 | Up 175 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 300 | #901 | Up 31 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 87 | #1,758 | Up 216 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 277 | #932 | Up 248 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 74 | #1,974 | Down 212 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 199 | #1,180 | Up 158 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 87 | #1,762 | Up 215 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 168 | #1,338 | Down 35 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 72 | #1,977 | Down 223 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 180 | #1,303 | Up 68 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 88 | #1,754 | Up 435 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 171 | #1,371 | Up 1 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 62 | #2,189 | Up 213 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 172 | #1,372 | Up 147 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 53 | #2,402 | Down 38 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 144 | #1,519 | Up 256 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 53 | #2,364 | Down 192 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 115 | #1,775 | Up 457 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 61 | #2,172 | Down 323 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 84 | #2,232 | Down 289 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 76 | #1,849 | Up 161 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 102 | #1,943 | Down 125 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 68 | #2,010 | Down 248 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 112 | #1,818 | Up 96 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 86 | #1,762 | Up 154 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 109 | #1,914 | Down 360 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 75 | #1,916 | Down 203 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 148 | #1,554 | Up 159 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 88 | #1,713 | Down 130 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 127 | #1,713 | Down 4 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 92 | #1,583 | Down 29 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 122 | #1,709 | Down 78 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 90 | #1,554 | Down 77 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 123 | #1,631 | Down 183 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 92 | #1,477 | Down 129 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 141 | #1,448 | Up 38 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 101 | #1,348 | Up 261 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 131 | #1,486 | Down 110 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 75 | #1,609 | Up 207 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 140 | #1,376 | Up 123 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 61 | #1,816 | Down 455 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 125 | #1,499 | Down 254 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 93 | #1,361 | Up 34 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 157 | #1,245 | Down 81 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 84 | #1,395 | Down 73 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 167 | #1,164 | Up 64 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 90 | #1,322 | Down 140 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 148 | #1,228 | Down 59 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 101 | #1,182 | Down 133 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 157 | #1,169 | Down 20 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 116 | #1,049 | Down 71 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 158 | #1,149 | Down 49 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 129 | #978 | Down 10 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 161 | #1,100 | Up 37 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 130 | #968 | Up 61 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 157 | #1,137 | Up 181 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 115 | #1,029 | Up 20 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 127 | #1,318 | Down 13 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 109 | #1,049 | Down 216 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 129 | #1,305 | Up 70 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 154 | #833 | Up 127 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 117 | #1,375 | Down 103 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 118 | #960 | Down 44 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 128 | #1,272 | Down 5 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 123 | #916 | Down 76 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 124 | #1,267 | Up 78 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 128 | #840 | Up 74 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 106 | #1,345 | Down 105 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 106 | #914 | Up 274 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 114 | #1,240 | Up 152 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 64 | #1,188 | Down 105 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 92 | #1,392 | Down 10 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 73 | #1,083 | Up 13 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 93 | #1,382 | Down 98 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 67 | #1,096 | Up 109 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 97 | #1,284 | Up 27 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 57 | #1,205 | Down 41 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 92 | #1,311 | Down 27 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 62 | #1,164 | Down 140 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 99 | #1,284 | Down 129 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 79 | #1,024 | Down 61 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 116 | #1,155 | Down 96 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 87 | #963 | Down 11 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 134 | #1,059 | Up 318 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 86 | #952 | Up 82 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 89 | #1,377 | Down 201 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 71 | #1,034 | Down 59 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 107 | #1,176 | Up 445 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 77 | #975 | Up 2 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 65 | #1,621 | Down 324 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 72 | #977 | Down 24 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 84 | #1,297 | Down 122 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 74 | #953 | Down 34 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 98 | #1,175 | Down 225 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 78 | #919 | Down 21 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 130 | #950 | Up 65 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 79 | #898 | Up 102 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 115 | #1,015 | Down 3 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 65 | #1,000 | Up 101 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 116 | #1,012 | Down 123 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 55 | #1,101 | Down 133 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 149 | #889 | Up 64 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 69 | #968 | Up 312 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 133 | #953 | Up 695 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 38 | #1,280 | Up 86 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 53 | #1,648 | Up 408 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 32 | #1,366 | Up 1,104 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 34 | #2,056 | Up 216 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 11 | #2,470 | Down 656 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 28 | #2,272 | Up 314 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 18 | #1,814 | Up 1,168 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 22 | #2,586 | Down 555 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 8 | #2,982 | Down 777 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 33 | #2,031 | Up 969 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 14 | #2,205 | Down 5 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 18 | #3,000 | Down 694 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 14 | #2,200 | Up 79 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 27 | #2,306 | Down 96 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 13 | #2,279 | Down 209 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 29 | #2,210 | Up 542 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 16 | #2,070 | Up 353 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 20 | #2,752 | Up 1,168 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 12 | #2,423 | Up 1,565 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 11 | #3,920 | Up 380 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 5 | #3,988 | Up 5 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 9 | #4,300 | Up 590 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 7 | #4,890 | Down 1,857 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 5 | #3,993 | Down 166 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 15 | #3,033 | Up 2,292 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 6 | #5,325 | Up 503 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 5 | #5,828 | Down 680 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 5 | #3,827 | Down 51 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 6 | #5,148 | Down 553 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 7 | #4,595 | — |
| 1932 | Boys | 5 | #3,776 | — |