Popularity in England and Wales
Numbers
| Shay (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | |
| 2021 | #393 | 0.034 | |
| 2020 | #398 | 0.033 | |
| 2019 | #426 | 0.029 | |
| 2018 | #366 | 0.037 | |
| 2017 | #302 | 0.048 | |
| 2016 | #344 | 0.038 | |
| 2015 | #262 | 0.054 | |
| 2014 | #253 | 0.057 | |
| 2013 | #247 | 0.056 | |
| 2012 | #197 | 0.075 | |
| 2011 | #206 | 0.069 | |
| 2010 | #164 | 0.091 | |
| 2009 | #184 | 0.078 | |
| 2008 | #183 | 0.073 | |
| 2007 | #166 | 0.086 | |
| 2006 | #156 | 0.092 | |
| 2005 | #161 | 0.087 | |
| 2004 | #180 | 0.069 | |
| 2003 | #189 | 0.064 | |
| 2002 | #189 | 0.059 | |
| 2001 | #259 | 0.035 | |
| 2000 | #302 | 0.029 | |
| 1999 | #292 | 0.029 | |
| 1998 | #213 | 0.045 | |
| 1997 | #281 | 0.030 | |
| 1996 | #489 | 0.011 | |
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