Shay
Quick answers about Shay
How many people are named Shay?
An estimated 7,925 living Americans are named Shay.
How rare is Shay?
Shay is uncommon among babies today, with 184 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 38.9% from its 2022 peak.
How old is the typical Shay?
The median age of a living American named Shay is approximately 24 years, with most bearers falling between 9 and 39 years old.
Is Shay still popular?
Yes — Shay is currently rising in popularity, with 184 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 1.8× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Shay most common?
Shay has its strongest geographic signal in Utah, where it appears 4.5× more often than the national baseline.
Shay is most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 2.9× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in New Jersey.
States where Shay is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.