Unisex name · since 1975
Shey
146 babies named Shey in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,948 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shey is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 146 have been recorded since 1975.
Shey has 146 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2021.
- #14,948 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 146 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shey ranks #14,948 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,948 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shey's 146 recorded births place it above 67.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shey's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shey popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2021
- Peak year (1991)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Shey popularity over time - girls
135 total births recorded since 1971 (Shey as girls' name)
Shey by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (50 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Shey's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Shey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 50 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shey's data
- Shey's decade-level peak was the 1990s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
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, 1975–2021 (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 Shey 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.