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

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Peak · boys
1990 · 399 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,741
since 1950

Shayne over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #1,364, 1974peak #484, 1990girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513#3,51332
2024#7,25115#3,98627
2023#8,05513#3,29336
2022#7,28115#3,69130
2021#9,56210#3,24236
2020#4,88026#3,27434
2019#4,77328#2,69447
2018#6,24819#2,21062
2017#4,14735#2,53250
2016#4,15735#1,84581
2015#3,76740#1,72989
2014#3,32648#1,87378
2013#3,40446#1,78281
2012#3,98838#1,535104
2011#3,55044#1,459112
2010#2,51473#1,245141
2009#2,27086#1,459114
2008#2,25387#1,175152
2007#3,42848#1,076172
2006#2,63168#1,073166
2005#2,82758#976178
2004#3,22447#939180
2003#2,77156#893188
2002#2,55461#862192
2001#2,76653#805208
2000#3,80833#724239
1999#3,71832#746216
1998#2,22164#714233
1997#2,22961#650252
1996#2,20761#605294
1995#2,30957#635266
1994#2,02669#567326
1993#1,75384#607292
1992#2,31856#554340
1991#2,66045#541351
1990#2,52347#484399
1989#2,98636#623253
1988#3,69025#549282
1987#3,25728#593233
1986#3,20328#640196
1985#2,60137#702157
1984#2,99229#823113
1983#2,85330#848106
1982#2,70434#766131
1981#2,84731#784123
1980#2,44039#708151
1979#2,99728#718145
1978#2,94227#626177
1977#2,38137#620183
1976#1,93646#621174
1975#1,96345#596183
1974#1,36476#533224
1973#1,37472#507236
1972#1,39471#569198
1971#1,87746#562208
1970#2,16037#541224
1969#1,89743#609166
1968#1,85541#600160
1967#2,43225#705110
1966#2,05832#698112
1965#2,29327#705111
1964#1,97536#76898
1963#2,70421#81686
1962#3,43814#85079
1961#2,67321#726112
1960#2,72920#1,15246
1959#2,86917#1,38732
1958#2,66319#1,44629
1957#2,82317#1,38832
1956#3,04815#2,36112
1955#2,22224#2,55810
1954#2,02727#1,88717
1953#2,30121#2,09914
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1950#3,9628#2,11113
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First appearance
1950

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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedNHWashington: #384 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,598 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedMNIllinois: #632 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 7,291 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedWIMichigan: #288 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 2,453 boysMINew York: #593 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 6,721 boysNYMassachusetts: #204 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,805 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedRIOregon: #360 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,281 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedIAIndiana: #353 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,633 boysINOhio: #385 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,424 boysOHPennsylvania: #379 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 4,224 boysPANew Jersey: #736 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,684 boysNJConnecticut: #310 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,080 boysCTCalifornia: #593 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 7,196 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedNEMissouri: #505 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,211 boysMOKentucky: #344 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,126 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedWVVirginia: #580 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,013 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedDEArizona: #463 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,343 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedNMKansas: #367 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,216 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedARTennessee: #497 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,893 boysTNNorth Carolina: #525 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,756 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Shayne, so not publishedHITexas: #764 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 10,218 boysTXFlorida: #453 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 4,047 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#204 · 1 in 1,805
  2. Michigan#288 · 1 in 2,453
  3. Connecticut#310 · 1 in 3,080
  4. Kentucky#344 · 1 in 4,126
  5. Indiana#353 · 1 in 3,633

Best ever in a state: #103 in New Hampshire, 1973.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#204231 in 1,805
Michigan#288281 in 2,453
Connecticut#31071 in 3,080
Kentucky#34461 in 4,126
Indiana#353111 in 3,633
Oregon#36061 in 3,281
Kansas#36751 in 3,216
Pennsylvania#379191 in 4,224
Washington#384101 in 3,598
Ohio#385181 in 4,424
Florida#453221 in 4,047
Arizona#46371 in 4,343
Tennessee#49761 in 5,893
Missouri#50561 in 6,211
North Carolina#52581 in 5,756
Virginia#58061 in 7,013
California#593401 in 7,196
New York#593201 in 6,721
Illinois#632121 in 7,291
New Jersey#73651 in 10,684
Texas#764151 in 10,218
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1950
  • Peaked 1990 at #484 (399 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1961–2005
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,148
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 27.6% of all boys named Shayne (2,969) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1957
  • Mostly girls until 1956, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s166#1,387 (1959)#2,034
1960s1,080#600 (1968)#763
1970s1,952#507 (1973)#589
1980s1,745#549 (1988)#704
1990s2,969#484 (1990)#610
2000s1,789#724 (2000)#998
2010s845#1,245 (2010)#1,890
2020s195#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 1991

girls
#2,660
45 births · 1 in 41,667 girls
boys
#541
351 births · 1 in 5,756 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #2,660Shayne45

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #541Shayne351
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 41,667 of them was named Shayne, which outranked 82.8% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shayne
  1. #2,620Tyana46
  2. #2,620Yocheved46
  3. #2,620Yuridia46
  4. #2,660Shayne45
  5. #2,660Amari45
  6. #2,660Ashten45
  7. #2,660Aviva45
  8. #2,703Abrielle44
  9. #2,703Briauna44
  10. #2,703Brieana44

Tied with 42 names at #2,660; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 5,756 of them was named Shayne, which outranked 94.4% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shayne
  1. #538Don353
  2. #538Quintin353
  3. #540Ben352
  4. #541Shayne351
  5. #542Alvaro350
  6. #542Harley350
  7. #544Deonte349
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →