Girls' name · since 1978
Shevy
Shevy has 422 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,099 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,291 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 422
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shevy currently ranks #5291 among girls' names in America, with 422 babies recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Shevy recorded 422 times among girls since 1978, holding rank #5291 nationally today, ahead of 69% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #13,099 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,291 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 422 born since 1978
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shevy ranks #13,099 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,291 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 422 born since 1978, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,099 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,291 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 422
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shevy's 422 recorded births place it above 81.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Shevy compares
422 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shevy's all-time total is 12% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shevy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 422 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shevy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shevy's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 37, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shevy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Shevy popularity over time - boys
17 total births recorded since 1998 (Shevy as boys' name)
Shevy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (160 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Shevy's strongest decade.
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Shevy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
159 births
- 2020s
2020s
160 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 160 births (38% of all-time use).
Shevy by state
Where Shevy concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 169 | 40.0% |
169 of 422 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Shevys (169 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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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, 1978–2025 (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 Shevy 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.