Shaya
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- SHY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,370 for boys
Shaya is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 1,370th for boys in the US (135 babies).
What does Shaya mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish short form of Yeshaya (Isaiah)
“God is salvation”
Used in Jewish families as a short form of Yeshaya, the Hebrew name of the prophet Isaiah.
Is Shaya a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Shaya has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 13 boys in the UK and 36 girls and 135 boys in the US.
How popular is Shaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,964th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Shaya, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 19 boys. 9 girls were also named Shaya in 2025 (2,856th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Shaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 71% of the babies named Shaya in the UK in 2006, and 41% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Shaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Shaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,370th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 135 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 135 boys in the US were named Shaya, making it the 1,370th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,815th. It first appears in the records in 1955. 36 girls were also named Shaya in 2025 (3,974th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Shaya of any year since it first appeared, in 1955.
Half of all the boys named Shaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 45% of the babies named Shaya in the US in 1990, and 21% in 2025.
Shaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | #1,370 |
| 2024 | 127 | #1,432 |
| 2023 | 120 | #1,489 |
| 2022 | 94 | #1,760 |
| 2021 | 106 | #1,606 |
| 2020 | 82 | #1,815 |
| 2019 | 112 | #1,515 |
| 2018 | 83 | #1,822 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,032 |
| 2016 | 82 | #1,828 |
| 2015 | 53 | #2,411 |
| 2014 | 50 | #2,490 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 51 | #2,447 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,884 |
Names like Shaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Yahya, Aarav, Shivansh, Avi, Ayaan, Ivaan, Hamish, Vihaan, Krishiv, Muhammad, Zakariya
Names related to Shaya
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaya, updated 20 October 2026.