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Shaye

#10,786 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Supplanter, heel-grabber, through Shay

Shaye has been given to 2,862 babies in the U.S. since 1951. In 2025 it ranked #10,786 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 128 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.

Babies named Shaye, 2025

1 in 368,000

Shaye over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Shaye over time

In 2025, Shaye went to 47% girls and 53% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Shaye: meaning, origin, and history

Supplanter, heel-grabber, through Shay

Irish and surname transfer

What Shaye means

Shaye belongs to the name family reached through Shaye → Shay → Seamus → Séamas → James → James → Iacomus. Its meaning is “supplanter, heel-grabber”.

Origin, language, and formation

Shaye is used in English. Its origins include Irish and surname transfer.

Shaye is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Shay, Seamus, Séamas, James and Iacomus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,188 girls were recorded with the name Shaye between 1951 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 128 in 1998; its best national rank was #1,359 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,286 in 2020 to #10,786 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,702 in 2015 to #10,786 in 2025.

In the United States, 674 boys were recorded with the name Shaye between 1962 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1997; its best national rank was #2,675 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,234 in 2020 to #8,141 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,256 in 2015 to #8,141 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Shaye?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 179,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,786
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shaye sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shaye. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shayes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shaye was born before 1998 — so the typical Shaye is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
33.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
37.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,188
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 33.5% of all recorded uses (734).

Is Shaye rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+6,530
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,500
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−6,084
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.30×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
7.0%
Peak was 1998 (128)
Years since peak
27
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
41.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,359
1998

Spellings of Shaye

Shaye is not the most common spelling — Faye is, with 16.2% against Shaye's 0.49%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Shaye is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Shaye was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 252,100 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3New Jersey1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Georgia1 in —
  7. 7Iowa1 in —
  8. 8Illinois1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shaye has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Shaye is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Shaye was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 219,690 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shaye has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shaye around the world

Where Shaye ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2022
    #5,670
    in 2022
  • Canada
    1992–2023
    #2,973
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1981–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Shaye

People whose public names include Shaye, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Shaye by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,786
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,500
Best rank ever
#1,359
1998
Peak year
1998
128 that year
First recorded
1951
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,188
Count in 2025
9

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,141
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,907
Best rank ever
#2,675
1989
Peak year
1997
26 that year
First recorded
1962
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
674
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Shaye

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ShaniShayaShamyaSharaShanelShantiShaiShadeShayneShahdShailaShanaeShalaShalomShalonShaelaShastaShaylynShaindyShaunShaniahShaylinShaneShantal

Names with a curve like Shaye

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Shaye, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MichelaAllissaTeannaKyanaGabrieleMyiaCherokeeDayshaMichaellaSarenaKeanaMarykate

Sibling names for Shaye

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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