Shayn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shayn

The Social Security Administration has registered 454 babies named Shayn between 1969 and 2019, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shayn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shayn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shayn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Shayn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shayn 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 454 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.