Shaye

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shaye: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shaye: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #914 in 2006, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#914highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1176
1998	#1571
1999	#3900
2000	#2746
2001	#1520
2002	#2540
2003	#2436
2004	#2530
2005	#2682
2006	#2781
2007	#2627
2009	#3936
2010	#4012
2011	#3185
2012	#4838
2013	#4739
2014	#3514
2015	#3615
2017	#4063
2020	#5493
2021	#4634
2022	#5669

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #914 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shaye appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 340 births with the name.

Shaye across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shaye's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#914 (2006)	#3688 (2024)	28 of 29	340 (1996–2024)	28 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1176 (1997)	#5669 (2022)	23 of 27	147 (1996–2022)	16 (1997)

Shaye by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shaye in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	24	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	156	10 of 10	16
2010s	143	10 of 10	14
2020s	17	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shaye appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #914 in England and Wales in 2006.

Shaye's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1171	22	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#944	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#914	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #914, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Shayla · #583, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

T-Jay · #914, 24y
Lani · #916, 29y
Shazia · #916, 25y
Daya · #918, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

T-Jay · #914, 24y
Lani · #916, 29y
Shazia · #916, 25y
Avaani · #910, 20y

Shaye was ranked #914 in England and Wales · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shaye and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shaye without appearing here.

Shaye moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2746 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1520 and #3998.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #5691.
Rian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #5691.
Joakim Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1135 and #3134.

Moved ahead of Shaye

Gustav Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2960 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2320.
Linnea Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4063 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.
Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2540 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #2460.
Tove Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4063 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3447.

Moved the opposite way to Shaye

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaye went from #2022 to #3688 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Shaye went from #2350 to #5669 while Ada went from #2683 to #36.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Shaye went from #2350 to #5669 while Alma went from #2096 to #279.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Shaye went from #2350 to #5669 while Alyssa went from #783 to #224.

Moved the same way as Shaye

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaye went from #2863 to #4991 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Shaye went from #2863 to #4991 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Shaye went from #2350 to #5669 and Abigail from #21 to #128.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Shaye went from #2350 to #5669 and Aimee from #70 to #1326.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #914 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shaye

Shaye at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shaye across 2 official records

Shaye by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shaye appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shaye

Shaye and the names beside it

Shaye moved ahead of

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Shaye at a glance

Shaye across 2 official records

Shaye by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shaye appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shaye

Shaye and the names beside it

Shaye moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shaye

Moved the opposite way to Shaye

Moved the same way as Shaye