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Shay
OriginAnglicized spelling of Shea or Shai, Irish, Hebrew
Meaning"dauntless, fine, hawk; gift"
GenderBoy
US Rank#981
Top 1000
NB Rank#1771
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About Shay
Variation of James
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,424 | 53 | 27.6 |
| 2015 | #2,205 | 62 | 32.3 |
| 2016 | #1,773 | 87 | 45.8 |
| 2017 | #1,999 | 72 | 38.9 |
| 2018 | #1,774 | 87 | 47.9 |
| 2019 | #1,996 | 74 | 41.2 |
| 2020 | #1,763 | 87 | 50.4 |
| 2021 | #1,589 | 109 | 62.3 |
| 2022 | #1,689 | 102 | 58.4 |
| 2023 | #1,799 | 90 | 52.6 |
| 2024 | #1,701 | 98 | 56.9 |
| 2025 | #1,989 | 77 | 45.1 |
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- Seamus 'Shay' Elliott
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- Shay Holtzman
Israeli footballer
- Shay Stephenson
Canadian ice hockey player
- Shay Carl Butler
American vlogger
- Sheldon "Shay" Haley
American musician of N.E.R.D.
- Shay Roundtree
American actor
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- Shay Bourne
character in "Change of Heart" by Jodi Picoult
- Shay Lamden aka King Shark
character on TV's "The Flash"
- Shay Volta
character in the game "Broken Age"
- Spencer Shay
character on TV's "iCarly"
- Shay Patrick Cormac
character in the video game "Assassin's Creed: Rogue"
- Shay McCutcheon
character on TV's "The L Word"
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