Shain — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shain

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,209 babies named Shain between 1963 and 2022, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shain currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shain performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 300 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shain shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shain in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shain 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 1,209 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.