Neutral
Shay
As a gender-neutral name, Shay traces back to Irish, where it is understood to mean "Irish, admirable, stately". It found its footing in the 1990s and has not drifted far since. These days, it is a name that stands out a little. Its single strongest year on record was 1995.
EtymologyVariant of Shea
IrishIrish – "admirable, stately"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
5
1940s
0
1950s
70
1960s
451
1970s
1,812
1980s
1,913
1990s
2,594
2000s
2,174
2010s
1,606
Peaked in the 1990s · 10,625 total U.S. births since 1900