Girls' name · since 2002
Shyah
136 babies named Shyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,818 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
136 girls have been named Shyah since 2002, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Shyah recorded 136 times among girls since 2002, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2024.
- #23,818 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shyah ranks #23,818 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,818 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shyah's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shyah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shyah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Shyah popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2008 (Shyah as boys' name)
Shyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (75 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Shyah's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Shyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 75 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Shyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 14 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2002–2024 (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 Shyah 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.