Shanin — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanin

The Social Security Administration has registered 317 babies named Shanin between 1965 and 1998, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanin performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shanin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanin in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanin 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 317 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.