Shaye
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Shaye is a name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Shaye mean?
Irish
A female given name transferred from the surname or from Irish, variant of Shay.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shaye a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Shaye has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Shaye in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Shaye, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 32 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shaye in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1997, 77% of the babies named Shaye in the UK were girls. By 2020 it was 30%, with more boys than girls since 2003.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Shaye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,454 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,199 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 32 | #971 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,121 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 30 | #894 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Shaye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Shaye, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 128 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951. 10 boys were also named Shaye in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Shaye in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2020, 58% of the babies named Shaye in the US were girls.
Shaye in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 55 | #3,053 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 78 | #2,237 |
| 2003 | 63 | #2,553 |
| 2002 | 75 | #2,196 |
| 2001 | 85 | #1,991 |
| 2000 | 82 | #2,012 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,871 |
| 1998 | 128 | #1,357 |
| 1997 | 94 | #1,669 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,464 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,277 |
| 1994 | 51 | #2,460 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,484 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 58 | #2,236 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
Names like Shaye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Shaye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaye, updated 20 October 2026.