Shayne
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
Given to boys 78.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 399 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,741since 1950
Shayne over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #3,513 | 32 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #3,986 | 27 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #3,293 | 36 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #3,242 | 36 |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | #2,694 | 47 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #2,210 | 62 |
| 2017 | #4,147 | 35 | #2,532 | 50 |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | #1,845 | 81 |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 | #1,729 | 89 |
| 2014 | #3,326 | 48 | #1,873 | 78 |
| 2013 | #3,404 | 46 | #1,782 | 81 |
| 2012 | #3,988 | 38 | #1,535 | 104 |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 | #1,459 | 112 |
| 2010 | #2,514 | 73 | #1,245 | 141 |
| 2009 | #2,270 | 86 | #1,459 | 114 |
| 2008 | #2,253 | 87 | #1,175 | 152 |
| 2007 | #3,428 | 48 | #1,076 | 172 |
| 2006 | #2,631 | 68 | #1,073 | 166 |
| 2005 | #2,827 | 58 | #976 | 178 |
| 2004 | #3,224 | 47 | #939 | 180 |
| 2003 | #2,771 | 56 | #893 | 188 |
| 2002 | #2,554 | 61 | #862 | 192 |
| 2001 | #2,766 | 53 | #805 | 208 |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 | #724 | 239 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | #746 | 216 |
| 1998 | #2,221 | 64 | #714 | 233 |
| 1997 | #2,229 | 61 | #650 | 252 |
| 1996 | #2,207 | 61 | #605 | 294 |
| 1995 | #2,309 | 57 | #635 | 266 |
| 1994 | #2,026 | 69 | #567 | 326 |
| 1993 | #1,753 | 84 | #607 | 292 |
| 1992 | #2,318 | 56 | #554 | 340 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 | #541 | 351 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 | #484 | 399 |
| 1989 | #2,986 | 36 | #623 | 253 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | #549 | 282 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 | #593 | 233 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 | #640 | 196 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | #702 | 157 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 | #823 | 113 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 | #848 | 106 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | #766 | 131 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #784 | 123 |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 | #708 | 151 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #718 | 145 |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | #626 | 177 |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 | #620 | 183 |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 | #621 | 174 |
| 1975 | #1,963 | 45 | #596 | 183 |
| 1974 | #1,364 | 76 | #533 | 224 |
| 1973 | #1,374 | 72 | #507 | 236 |
| 1972 | #1,394 | 71 | #569 | 198 |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 | #562 | 208 |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 | #541 | 224 |
| 1969 | #1,897 | 43 | #609 | 166 |
| 1968 | #1,855 | 41 | #600 | 160 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | #705 | 110 |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 | #698 | 112 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | #705 | 111 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 | #768 | 98 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 | #816 | 86 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | #850 | 79 |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 | #726 | 112 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #1,388 | 32 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #2,111 | 13 |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Shayne! It came in at #2,111, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1952, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Shayne is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#240 · 1 in 1,368
- Massachusetts#373 · 1 in 6,533
- Wisconsin#385 · 1 in 5,689
- Washington#429 · 1 in 5,252
- Pennsylvania#445 · 1 in 7,706
Best ever in a state: #103 in New Hampshire, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Hawaii | #240 | 5 | 1 in 1,368 |
| Massachusetts | #373 | 6 | 1 in 6,533 |
| Wisconsin | #385 | 6 | 1 in 5,689 |
| Washington | #429 | 6 | 1 in 5,252 |
| Pennsylvania | #445 | 10 | 1 in 7,706 |
| Ohio | #560 | 7 | 1 in 11,012 |
| Florida | #620 | 9 | 1 in 8,294 |
| California | #689 | 21 | 1 in 10,637 |
| Illinois | #706 | 7 | 1 in 11,752 |
| New York | #814 | 9 | 1 in 13,450 |
| Texas | #1,062 | 7 | 1 in 21,024 |
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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 Shayne
- 473 spots since 2024 (#3,986 → #3,513)
- 239 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #3,513)
- 1,784 spots since 2015 (#1,729 → #3,513)
- Biggest jump: 426 spots in 1961 (#1,152 → #726)
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1962 (#726 → #850)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1990 at #484 (399 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1961–2005
- Highest: 1 in 5,148 boys born in 1990 were named Shayne (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.6% of all boys named Shayne (2,969) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1956, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 166 | #1,387 (1959) | #2,034 |
| 1960s | 1,080 | #600 (1968) | #763 |
| 1970s | 1,952 | #507 (1973) | #589 |
| 1980s | 1,745 | #549 (1988) | #704 |
| 1990s | 2,969 | #484 (1990) | #610 |
| 2000s | 1,789 | #724 (2000) | #998 |
| 2010s | 845 | #1,245 (2010) | #1,890 |
| 2020s | 195 | #3,242 (2021) | #3,500 |
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.
Shayne in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 46,509 of them was named Shayne, which outranked 79.2% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,545Yesica38
- #2,545Yessica38
- #2,545Zakiya38
- #2,601Shayne37
- #2,601Anglea37
- #2,601Bradley37
- #2,601Carmel37
- #2,657Abbi36
- #2,657Abbigail36
- #2,657Amiee36
Tied with 55 names at #2,601; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 11,772 of them was named Shayne, which outranked 90.7% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #698Galen159
- #700Mohammad158
- #700Robby158
- #702Shayne157
- #702Jarrell157
- #702Mikel157
- #702Roosevelt157
- #707Curt156
- #707Rodrick156
- #707Tobias156
Tied with 4 names at #702; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.