Unisex name · since 1998
Shine
281 babies named Shine in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,996 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,106 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shine currently ranks #4106 among unisex names in America, with 281 babies recorded since 1998.
Shine has 281 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4106 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #10,996 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,106 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 281 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shine ranks #10,996 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,106 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 281 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,996 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,106 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shine's 281 recorded births place it above 75.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Shine compares
281 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shine's all-time total is 24% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shine | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 281 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shine's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 46, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shine popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shine popularity over time - girls
272 total births recorded since 1994 (Shine as girls' name)
Shine by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (178 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Shine's strongest decade.
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Shine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s
2020s
178 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 178 births (63% of all-time use).
Shine by state
Where Shine concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 3.6% |
18 of 281 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Shines (18 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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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, 1998–2025 (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 Shine 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.