Shai
- #2,326 for girls in 2025, 78 births
- #1,030 for boys in 2025, 215 births
- Given to boys 56.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 224 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,469since 1971
Shai over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,326 | 78 | #1,030 | 215 |
| 2024 | #1,955 | 101 | #1,087 | 200 |
| 2023 | #1,762 | 116 | #977 | 224 |
| 2022 | #1,885 | 107 | #1,015 | 219 |
| 2021 | #2,007 | 96 | #1,071 | 199 |
| 2020 | #2,441 | 71 | #1,437 | 120 |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | #1,652 | 98 |
| 2018 | #3,293 | 48 | #1,959 | 75 |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 | #2,091 | 66 |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 | #2,437 | 52 |
| 2015 | #4,488 | 31 | #2,486 | 50 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | #3,154 | 35 |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | #2,461 | 50 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 | #2,326 | 55 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | #2,699 | 44 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | #2,682 | 45 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 | #2,702 | 45 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2007 | #3,848 | 41 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 | #3,153 | 34 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #3,528 | 27 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | #3,014 | 33 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 | #2,685 | 35 |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 | #3,219 | 26 |
| 1999 | #3,443 | 36 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 51 | #2,926 | 27 |
| 1997 | #2,283 | 59 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #2,314 | 57 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #2,421 | 53 | #2,140 | 38 |
| 1994 | #2,142 | 63 | #2,041 | 40 |
| 1993 | #1,664 | 90 | #1,875 | 44 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Shai! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Shai is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Connecticut#382 · 1 in 1,887
- Maryland#516 · 1 in 2,544
- New Jersey#523 · 1 in 2,840
- New York#545 · 1 in 2,911
- Florida#681 · 1 in 4,154
Best ever in a state: #178 in District of Columbia, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #382 | 7 | 1 in 1,887 |
| Maryland | #516 | 9 | 1 in 2,544 |
| New Jersey | #523 | 14 | 1 in 2,840 |
| New York | #545 | 29 | 1 in 2,911 |
| Florida | #681 | 23 | 1 in 4,154 |
| Pennsylvania | #704 | 12 | 1 in 4,355 |
| California | #807 | 30 | 1 in 5,849 |
| Georgia | #919 | 9 | 1 in 5,580 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| North Carolina | #1,028 | 7 | 1 in 7,353 |
| Texas | #1,250 | 16 | 1 in 10,941 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shai
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 407 spots since 2020 (#1,437 → #1,030)
- Biggest jump: 38 spots in 2023
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2023 at #977 (224 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2023
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,636
- Highest: 1 in 7,636 boys born in 2023 were named Shai (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,945 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 47.7% of all boys named Shai (1,177) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2007
- Mostly girls until 2006, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34 | #3,963 (1971) | #4,399 |
| 1980s | 80 | #3,701 (1984) | #4,918 |
| 1990s | 254 | #1,875 (1993) | #3,349 |
| 2000s | 354 | #2,345 (2008) | #2,992 |
| 2010s | 570 | #1,652 (2019) | #2,395 |
| 2020s | 1,177 | #977 (2023) | #1,103 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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