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Is Shay a Male or Female Name?

Shay is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shay globally is 54.8% males and 45.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Ireland with 97.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 83.5%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shay in percentages: Globally: 54.8% males, 45.2% females, United States: 16.5% males, 83.5% females, Israel: 85.7% males, 14.3% females, United Kingdom: 73.5% males, 26.5% females, Ireland: 97.0% males, 3.0% females, Canada: 26.4% males, 73.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shay are 18-24 years old, making up 48.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shay in each age group: 18-24: 48.5%, 25-34: 16.0%, 35-44: 11.6%, 45-54: 12.0%, 55-64: 6.7%, 65+: 5.1%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shay is Israel with 0.1806% of the population. Following is Ireland and United States.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Shay measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shay year over year: 1956: 0.0002‰, 1957: 0.0007‰, 1958: 0.0002‰, 1959: 0.0006‰, 1960: 0.0008‰, 1961: 0.0005‰, 1962: 0.0007‰, 1963: 0.0008‰, 1964: 0.0009‰, 1965: 0.0008‰, 1966: 0.0007‰, 1967: 0.0008‰, 1968: 0.0008‰, 1969: 0.0017‰, 1970: 0.0014‰, 1971: 0.0013‰, 1972: 0.0011‰, 1973: 0.0024‰, 1974: 0.0018‰, 1975: 0.0015‰, 1976: 0.0015‰, 1977: 0.0018‰, 1978: 0.0016‰, 1979: 0.0014‰, 1980: 0.0014‰, 1981: 0.0014‰, 1982: 0.0016‰, 1983: 0.0014‰, 1984: 0.0015‰, 1985: 0.0019‰, 1986: 0.0018‰, 1987: 0.0015‰, 1988: 0.0015‰, 1989: 0.0013‰, 1990: 0.0013‰, 1991: 0.0016‰, 1992: 0.0021‰, 1993: 0.0024‰, 1994: 0.0027‰, 1995: 0.0031‰, 1996: 0.0035‰, 1997: 0.0033‰, 1998: 0.0038‰, 1999: 0.0056‰, 2000: 0.0059‰, 2001: 0.0121‰

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