Shina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shina

The Social Security Administration has registered 426 babies named Shina between 1967 and 2011, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shina 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 426 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.