NameTides

Shai

Shai was the #1,030 boys' name in the US in 2025 (215 babies), and #1,798 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Shai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Shai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Shai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,030 (215)#1,798 (14)—#916 (28)
2024#1,087 (200)#1,460 (18)—#1,126 (21)
2023#977 (224)#2,326 (9)—#1,234 (17)
2022#1,015 (219)#1,609 (15)—#1,237 (17)
2021#1,071 (199)#1,448 (17)—#1,406 (14)
2020#1,437 (120)#1,723 (13)—#1,454 (13)
2019#1,652 (98)#2,266 (9)—#1,530 (12)
2018#1,959 (75)#1,610 (15)—#2,176 (7)
2017#2,091 (66)#2,324 (9)—#2,198 (7)
2016#2,437 (52)#2,027 (11)—#2,718 (5)
2015#2,486 (50)#1,673 (14)—#2,139 (7)
2014#3,154 (35)#1,630 (14)—#1,936 (8)
2013#2,461 (50)#1,147 (22)#687 (3)#1,926 (8)
2012#2,326 (55)#1,119 (24)—#2,368 (6)
2011#2,699 (44)#1,688 (13)—#2,330 (6)

Shai as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shai as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Shai as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,326 (78)#3,705 (6)#2,730 (7)
2024#1,955 (101)#5,892 (3)#1,833 (12)
2023#1,762 (116)#4,057 (5)#2,604 (7)
2022#1,885 (107)#3,534 (6)#2,553 (7)
2021#2,007 (96)#3,519 (6)—
2020#2,441 (71)#3,899 (5)#2,343 (8)
2019#2,814 (59)#5,591 (3)—
2018#3,293 (48)#3,178 (7)—
2017#4,066 (36)#5,765 (3)—
2016#4,632 (30)#4,763 (4)—
2015#4,488 (31)#3,615 (6)—
2014#5,163 (26)#4,003 (5)—
2013#6,255 (20)#4,050 (5)—
2012#4,387 (33)#4,171 (5)#3,334 (5)
2011#4,244 (34)#2,432 (10)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #977.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.
  • In 2025, 27% of US babies named Shai were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shai is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,000 to 1 in 8,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shai by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #545NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: #523NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #807CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #681FL
Shai (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#96411

Shai (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShaiCanadaGirls#2,7307
ShaiCanadaBoys#91628
ShaiEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
ShaiEngland & WalesBoys#1,79814
ShaiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ShaiScotlandBoys—too few
ShaiUSGirls#2,32678
ShaiUSBoys#1,030215