Shing — unisex name
5 babies named Shing in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Shing was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Shing in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shing
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Shing between 1983 and 1983, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shing currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Shing is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1989.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shing performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shing 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 5 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.
Shing at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shing popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1983
- Peak year (1983)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 5 births in a single year.
Shing popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1989 (Shing as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Shing accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shing by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Shing's all-time total
Shing decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shing's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.