How rare is the last name Shay?

9,066 people in the United States have the last name Shay, about 1 in 32,969. It ranks #3,818 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHAY

#3,818

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,066
About
1 in 32,969
This common or more
55.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,066 people with the last name Shay, 85.4% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as two or more races and 3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Shay

#3,816 Mauldin · 9,067#3,816 Thigpen · 9,067#3,819 Hallman · 9,065#3,820 Leiva · 9,055

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shay, most common first.

#169 Shaw · 155,184#413 Shah · 76,855#5,641 Shao · 5,929#14,676 Shy · 1,945#18,123 Sha · 1,515#52,802 Shaya · 424#73,330 Shey · 285#81,574 Shae · 250

Also a first name

As a first name, Shay ranks #1,986 of 53,615, with 13,892 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 409 births. See Shay as a first name

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