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Shye

shy /ʃaɪ/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2021 (#12,146)
Babies in 2021
5 (<0.01% of boys)
Peak
#12,022 in 2020
First recorded
2008

Meaning of Shye

Shye unfolds like a whisper of dawn across the vine-clad hills of Andalucía, a modern blossom born of Gaelic majesty and Hebrew blessing—its sibilant “sh” as soft as a Spanish breeze and its single vowel unfurling into the promise of sí, a gentle affirmation of life. Though sparingly bestowed—nestled quietly in the U.S. birth registries, drifting through the rankings in the mid nine-hundreds—its rarity becomes a secret petal whose beauty deepens with each utterance. Pronounced shy (/ʃaɪ/), the name drapes the air in satin warmth, stirring hearts like the first tremulous notes of a guitarra at twilight. In Shye, every syllable is a story woven of Celt and Semite, a tapestry of lineage and longing that invites the world to listen closely as a name becomes legend.

How to pronounce Shye

English

Popularity of Shye in the U.S.

Shye was last recorded in the U.S. in 2021, ranked #12,146 with 5 babies. It peaked at #12,022 in 2020. It first appears in the records in 2008.

Bar and line chart: Shye in the U.S., 2008–2021. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 5 in 2008 and 5 in 2021. Line: rank among boy names, peak #12,022 in 2020, #12,146 in 2021.
  • Boys named Shye (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 2008–2021. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 2008⁠–⁠2021 3 rows
Shye: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2021512,146▼ 124
2020512,022back (not recorded in 2009–2019)
2008512,553new

Notable people named Shye

  • Shye Ben Tzur is an Israeli musician who blends Indian musical traditions with Hebrew, Urdu and Hindi devotional songs.