Shayan
- Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992
- #2,145 for boys in 2025, 67 births
- Given to boys 97.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 64 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,296since 1982
Shayan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Shayan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,145 | 67 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,752 | 94 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,875 | 84 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,875 | 84 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,026 | 73 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,766 | 86 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,001 | 73 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,101 | 67 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,217 | 60 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,145 | 64 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,955 | 74 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,873 | 78 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,989 | 69 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,132 | 63 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,284 | 56 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #2,287 | 56 |
| 2009 | — | #1,925 | 74 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #2,140 | 63 |
| 2007 | — | #2,139 | 63 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,037 | 65 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #1,889 | 67 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #2,208 | 52 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #1,962 | 59 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,943 | 57 |
| 2001 | — | #1,960 | 55 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,848 | 57 | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #1,655 | 64 |
| 1998 | — | #1,987 | 48 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,753 | 55 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #1,764 | 52 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #1,736 | 51 |
| 1994 | — | #1,753 | 50 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,007 | 40 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,002 | 39 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,190 | 33 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,628 | 25 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
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| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1982
The first year at least five boys were named Shayan! It came in at #5,003, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1985, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Shayan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New York#885 · 1 in 5,628
- Michigan#905 · 1 in 5,742
- Virginia#1,089 · 1 in 7,451
- Ohio#1,267 · 1 in 10,507
- California#1,508 · 1 in 15,952
Best ever in a state: #649 in New York, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #885 | 15 | 1 in 5,628 |
| Michigan | #905 | 7 | 1 in 5,742 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| California | #1,508 | 11 | 1 in 15,952 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shayan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 379 spots since 2020 (#1,766 → #2,145)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 1999 at #1,655 (64 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 18,329
- Highest: 1 in 18,329 boys born in 2024 were named Shayan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,494 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,655 in 1999, was only 1 in 30,002 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 28.7% of all boys named Shayan (660) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 79 | #2,961 (1988) | #4,343 |
| 1990s | 457 | #1,655 (1999) | #1,948 |
| 2000s | 612 | #1,848 (2000) | #2,005 |
| 2010s | 660 | #1,873 (2014) | #2,098 |
| 2020s | 488 | #1,752 (2024) | #1,907 |
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.
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