Girls' name · since 1970
Shayni
10 babies named Shayni in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #56,542 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
10 girls have been named Shayni since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shayni has 10 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1991.
- #56,542 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shayni ranks #56,542 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #56,542 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shayni's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shayni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shayni splits its recorded history at 1991: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births).
Shayni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1991
- Peak year (1970)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Shayni by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Shayni's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Shayni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Shayni's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shayni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~21 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, 1970–1991 (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 Shayni 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.