Shavy — #15805 US girls' name
89 babies named Shavy in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Shavy was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Shavy in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shavy
The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Shavy between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shavy currently holds the #15805 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shavy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shavy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shavy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shavy 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 89 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.
Shavy at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shavy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2020)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #15805 among girls.
89 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 12 births in a single year.
Shavy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 34 births that decade — 38% of Shavy's all-time total
Shavy decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Shavy's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Shavy by state
Where Shavy concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 72 | 80.9% |
72 of 89 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 80.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 80.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1982–2024 (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.