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How popular is the name Shy?
Births per year, rank history and how many Shies are alive today.
Shy (female), a spelling of Shai, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2013 (ranked 5742nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.
Across all spellings of the name, the Shai you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old - or else around 30: the name has two living generations. Half of all Shais born in England and Wales are between 13 and 28, and there are at least 370 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shai - on average, only one in every 852 such rooms contains a Shai.
How many babies are named Shy each year?
Includes all spellings: Shy, Shai, Zhi. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Shy spelling rank?
Where does the Shai spelling rank?
Where does the Zhi spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Shy most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Shai, peaked in 2007, when 24 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Shy spelling itself peaked in 2013, with 3 babies.
How many people are called Shy?
At least 370 people named Shy in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Shy?
Most living Shies are between 13 and 28; the most common age is about 18. There is a second cluster around 30.
Is Shy becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.