Girls' name · since 1982
Shavy
Shavy has 90 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,355 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shavy is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 90 have been recorded since 1982.
Shavy has 90 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2024.
- #28,355 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 90 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shavy ranks #28,355 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 90 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,355 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shavy's 90 recorded births place it above 60.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Shavy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shavy's full recorded timeline at 2013, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shavy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2024
- Peak year (2020)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Shavy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (34 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Shavy's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Shavy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 34 births (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 | | 73 | 81.1% |
73 of 90 births nationwide.
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- Shavy's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (34 total births) through the 2020s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Shavys (73 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shavy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shavy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.