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How popular is the name Shea?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sheas are alive today.
Shea (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Shay in England and Wales, ranked 1197th in 2025 and given to 24 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1999, when 87 babies were given the name, the 308th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2007, with 81 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 28% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Shay you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Shays born in England and Wales are between 12 and 22, and there are at least 8,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 2.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Shay.
How many babies are named Shea each year?
Includes all spellings: Shea, Shae, Shay, Shaye. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Shea spelling rank?
Where does the Shae spelling rank?
Where does the Shay spelling rank?
Where does the Shaye 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 Shea most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Shay, peaked in 2010, when 466 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Shea spelling itself peaked in 1999, with 87 babies.
How many people are called Shea?
At least 8,300 people named Shea in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Shea?
Most living Sheas are between 12 and 22; the most common age is about 20.
Is Shea becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak.