# Shy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,955 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,090 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 157,926 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.6% (2,049 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shy in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shy in the United States.

## People named Shy

- Carl Shy, basketball player (1908–1991)

## Similar surnames

Shi, Shay, Shu, Sha, Shō, Shaw, Shah, Shea, Seay, Su, See, So.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.