Shinya — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shinya

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Shinya between 1988 and 2001, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shinya currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Shinya is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 2002.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shinya performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shinya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shinya 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 27 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.