Shy

Unisex

Shy ranks #3,011 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 7 places, 20 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #2,085 for cats.

Shy's popularity trend

Shy's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2008.

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Year	Share
2025	0.003%
2024	0.003%
2023	0.006%
2022	0.008%
2021	0.005%
2020	0.003%
2019	0.007%
2018	0.005%
2017	0.004%
2016	0.003%
2015	0.006%
2014	0.006%
2013	0.007%
2012	0.009%
2011	0.012%
2010	0.013%
2009	0.013%
2008	0.015%
2007	0.013%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 7 places

Popularity rank

#3,011

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−450

2020 → 2025

Gender split

64% girls

64% girls36% boys

Where Shy shows up

Shy's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%

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