Shafin — boys' name
66 babies named Shafin in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
66 boys have been named Shafin since 1995, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2016.
- 66
- total births
- 1995–2016
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Shafin was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Shafin in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shafin
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Shafin between 1995 and 2016, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shafin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shafin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shafin shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shafin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shafin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 66 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shafin at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shafin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1995
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
66 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 8 births in a single year.
Shafin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 30 births that decade — 45% of Shafin's all-time total
Shafin decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shafin's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Shafin by state
Where Shafin concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 15.2% |
10 of 66 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 15.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 15.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.