Shain

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,490
1977 · 38 births
Debut · boys
1963
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,215
since 1963

Shain over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Shain has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #1,490, 1977boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#10,6956
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2022—#7,76810
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2020—#10,6056
2019—#8,8898
2018—#10,7606
2017—#8,1409
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2015—#8,7448
2014—#8,7818
2013—#4,46321
2012—#6,30613
2011—#7,50210
2010—#4,84819
2009—#5,33417
2008—#4,39522
2007—#5,43416
2006—#4,37021
2005—#5,03416
2004#16,0995#4,42119
2003—#3,62624
2002—#4,04420
2001—#3,61723
2000—#3,64022
1999—#3,70420
1998—#3,19124
1997—#2,90326
1996—#2,74727
1995—#3,85416
1994—#3,59618
1993#13,4425#2,29533
1992—#2,67026
1991—#2,34430
1990—#2,17033
1989—#2,35928
1988—#1,90934
1987—#2,02030
1986—#1,76035
1985—#1,59440
1984—#2,36421
1983—#2,01726
1982—#1,99927
1981—#2,20423
1980—#1,61936
1979—#1,67034
1978#9,7505#1,57036
1977—#1,49038
1976—#1,82827
1975—#1,65830
1974—#1,93423
1973#8,4235#1,61229
1972—#1,77125
1971—#1,74526
1970#7,0706#2,12518
1969—#2,41513
1968—#2,9079
1967—#3,9665
1966—#2,9868
1965—#2,61710
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1963—#3,3187
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five boys were named Shain! It came in at #3,318, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1964, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Shain is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,017 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 21,116 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Shain, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,017 · 1 in 21,116

Best ever in a state: #669 in Michigan, 1987.

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See more about Shain
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 90 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #10,695)
  • 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 1977 at #1,490 (38 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 43,243
  • Highest: 1 in 43,243 boys born in 1977 were named Shain (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 24.7% of all boys named Shain (300) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s52#2,415 (1969)#3,035
1970s286#1,490 (1977)#1,740
1980s300#1,594 (1985)#1,985
1990s253#2,170 (1990)#2,947
2000s200#3,617 (2001)#4,392
2010s102#4,463 (2013)#7,604
2020s22#7,768 (2022)#9,689

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shain in 1978

girls
#9,750
5 births · 1 in 306,372 girls
boys
#1,570
36 births · 1 in 45,607 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #9,750Shain5

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #1,570Shain36
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 306,372 of them was named Shain, which outranked 15.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shain
  1. #8,562Zoey6
  2. #8,562Zsazsa6
  3. #8,562Zuri6
  4. #9,750Shain5
  5. #9,750Abena5
  6. #9,750Abigayle5
  7. #9,750Abrian5

Tied with 1,725 names at #9,750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 45,607 of them was named Shain, which outranked 76.8% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shain
  1. #1,537Vijay37
  2. #1,537Von37
  3. #1,537Williams37
  4. #1,570Shain36
  5. #1,570Ashton36
  6. #1,570Avi36
  7. #1,570Brantley36
  8. #1,596Abner35
  9. #1,596Ajay35
  10. #1,596Antwane35

Tied with 25 names at #1,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978 →