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“Variant of Shea — Fine or fortunate, from the Irish byname Séaghdha” — Irish, anglicized from Ó Séaghdha origin
Girl's name · #1227 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Shay reached its best rank, #894, in 1971 and ranked #1227 in 2025. About 8,200 girls have carried it since 1953. About 72% of babies named Shay in recent years have been girls. Together with its spelling variant Shae (#2061), Shay would rank around #939 with about 280 births last year — the newborns split about 67/33 between Shay and Shae.
Around the world: about 1 in 5,400 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 177 notable people named Shay:
Sports figures appear 2.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Shay Murphy, American basketball player.
Similar names: Shae · Fallon · Zarah · Kai · Lane · Bree
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