Shy
Girl · SHY · English
Shy is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Shy come from?
English: English word shy, or a short form of Shyanne or Shylah
- Say it
- SHY
Is Shy a girl's or a boy's name?
Shy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Shy, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Shy in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Shy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
- Shai 78
- Shy 7
Shy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
Names like Shy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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