Shafay — boys' name
5 babies named Shafay in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
5 boys have been named Shafay since 2018, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2018.
- 5
- total births
- 2018–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Shafay was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Shafay in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shafay
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Shafay between 2018 and 2018, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shafay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shafay performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shafay in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shafay at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shafay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2018
- Peak year (2018)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 5 births in a single year.
Shafay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Shafay's all-time total
Shafay decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Shafay's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2018–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.