Shady
Boy · SHAH-dee · Arabic
Shady is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “singer”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shady mean?
Arabic: spelling of Shadi, especially in Egypt
“singer”
Common in Egypt as a spelling of Shadi; in English, shady can also mean dishonest.
- Say it
- SHAH-dee
Is Shady a girl's or a boy's name?
Shady is a boys' name.
How popular is Shady in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Shady in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shady in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Names like Shady
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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