Girls' name · since 1984
Shaynah
Since 1984, U.S. Social Security records show 113 babies named Shaynah, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
113 girls have been named Shaynah since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shaynah has 113 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2015.
- #25,823 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 113 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaynah ranks #25,823 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 113 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shaynah's 113 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaynah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaynah splits its recorded history at 2001: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaynah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2015
- Peak year (1993)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Shaynah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (57 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Shaynah's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Shaynah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 57 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Shaynah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaynah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shaynah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.