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Claire Danes revealed her baby's name over two years after she gave birth to her third child at age 44.
The 46-year-old actress previously revealed that after learning she was pregnant with her third child with husband Hugh Dancy, she had a 'convulsive meltdown.'
While making an appearance on Tuesday's episode of Amy Poehler's Good Hang podcast, she revealed that her now-toddler's name is Shay.
After giving birth to her daughter in 2023, she has been enjoying life with the 'really fun' baby.
'I love watching toddlers dance when they jump [and] do the bouncing thing,' she told Poehler on the podcast.
'And Shay, my baby, she's very in her head and dreamy and sometimes she'll do this kind of [head-swaying] dance. I'm like, "That's fabulous."'
Claire Danes revealed her third child's name over two years after giving birth to her baby girl
In addition to Shay, Danes also shares sons Cyrus, 13, and Rowan, seven, with her husband.
She has been married to Dancy, 50, since September 2009.
On the Good Hang podcast, Danes also revealed that she embroidered personalized onesies for each of her three children.
'I have [an unfinished] one for Shay, this third child,' she shared.
She said that her daughter, however, 'doesn't wear onesies anymore.'
'I've missed that chance. I'm confessing,' she said. 'I'm actually confessing to you. It's by my bed, half-done.'
On the podcast, she also opened up about how she had a 'meltdown' and broke down in 'convulsive tears' when she found out she was pregnant again in her 40s.
'I didn't know it was physically possible,' she admitted. She explained that she had conceived and welcomed her second child Rowan by undergoing two rounds of in vitro fertilization.
She also shared a story about how her best friend predicted Danes would have a 'surprise' pregnancy after having a prophetic dream.
She opened up about her birth story at age 44 while talking to Amy Poehler on her Good Hang podcast on Tuesday
She said she embroidered onesies for each of her kids but has not finished her daughter Shay's as she revealed her kid's name publicly for the first time
She said that because her daughter was now two, the onesie remains unfinished on her nightstand
'She had this dream where she looked down and saw that she was pregnant, but she wasn't pregnant. She was in my pregnant body,' Danes recalled her gal pal telling her.
Then, in January 2023, she confirmed her pregnancy as she debuted her baby bump and gave birth to her daughter Shay six months later.
She also admitted that at the time of her 'not so expected' pregnancy, she experienced feeling 'shame.'
While making an appearance on the SmartLess podcast in November 2025, she opened up about how she had conflicting feelings about her 'surprise' pregnancy.
'I was going outside of the parameters a little bit. Like I was naughty,' she said before admitting that she felt like she had 'been caught fornicating past the point I was meant to.'
In addition to Shay, Danes also shares sons Cyrus, 13, and Rowan, seven, with her husband Hugh Dancy; seen in May in NYC
She debuted her baby bump on the red carpet at the Golden Globes award ceremony in January 2023 in a tight-fitting, white gown.
Later that same year, she revealed how her sons reacted when they learned they would be getting a little sister.
Danes said that her eldest son was 'sort of resigned to it,' she joked on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
'I mean, the worst has already happened — his name is Rowan.' As for her youngest son, she added: 'But Rowan has more to lose, like, he has more at stake. And he was categorically opposed to the idea.'
'He said, "Yeah, no, no, no. I don't like it. I like peace, Mama."'
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