How popular is the baby name Shyhem in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Shyhem.

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Popularity of the baby name Shyhem


Posts that mention the name Shyhem

Where did the baby name Shyheim come from in 1994?

Shyheim's album "AKA the Rugged Child" (1994).
Shyheim album

The name Shyheim debuted impressively in the U.S. baby name data in 1994:

  • 1997: 102 baby boys named Shyheim
  • 1996: 110 baby boys named Shyheim
  • 1995: 83 baby boys named Shyheim
  • 1994: 168 baby boys named Shyheim [rank: 819th]
  • 1993: unlisted
  • 1992: unlisted

In fact, Shyheim was the top boy-name debut of 1994, reaching the top 1,000 for the first and only time that year.

Graph of the usage of the baby name Shyheim in the U.S. since 1880
Usage of the baby name Shyheim

A number of variant forms also popped up in the data in the mid-1990s:

19931994199519961997
Sheheem1836312747
Shyheem.23*201629
Shyhiem.17*171120
Shaheim14*13917
Shiheem.6*12810
Shaiheem.5*...
Shahiem..9*56
Shiheim...5*.
Shyhem...5*.
*Debut

So what caused this sudden interest in the name?

Shyheim (pronounced shy-HEEM or shah-HEEM) — in full, Shyheim Dionel Franklin — a teenage rapper from New York City who was affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan.

Shyheim’s most successful single, “On and On,” was released in late 1993 and reached #89 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in April of 1994. The same month, he released his successful debut album, AKA the Rugged Child. This was followed by his equally successful second album, The Lost Generation, in mid-1996.

Since then, though, Shyheim’s musical output hasn’t been as well-received, and the usage of the name has declined accordingly.

What are your thoughts on the name Shyheim? (How would you spell it?)

Sources: Shyheim – Wikipedia, Billboard Hot 100 (Week of April 9, 1994)

Interesting one-hit wonder names in the U.S. baby name data

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They came, they went, and they never came back!

These baby names are one-hit wonders in the U.S. baby name data. That is, they’ve only popped up once, ever, in the entire dataset of U.S. baby names (which accounts for all names given to at least 5 U.S. babies per year since 1880).

There are thousands of one-hit wonders in the dataset, but the names below have interesting stories behind their single appearance, so these are the one-hits I’m writing specific posts about. Just click on a name to read more.

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  • 2020: Jexi

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As I discover (and write about) more one-hit wonders in the data, I’ll add the names/links to this page. In the meanwhile, do you have any favorite one-hit wonder baby names?

Image: Adapted from Solitary Poppy by Andy Beecroft under CC BY-SA 2.0.

[Latest update: Dec. 2023]