Girls' name · since 1967
Shina
Shina has 426 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 426
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 426 have been recorded since 1967.
Shina has 426 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2011.
- #13,019 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 426 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shina ranks #13,019 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 426 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 426
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shina's 426 recorded births place it above 82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Shina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shina's full recorded timeline at 1988, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1967, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2011
- Peak year (1984)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Shina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (170 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Shina's strongest decade.
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Shina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
93 births
- 1980s
1980s
170 births
- 1990s
1990s
104 births
- 2000s 48
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 170 births (40% of all-time use).
Shina by state
Where Shina concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.4% |
6 of 426 births nationwide.
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- Shina's decade-level peak was the 1980s (170 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shinas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1967–2011 (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 Shina 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.