Girls' name · since 1996
Shiyan
Shiyan has 30 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
30 girls have been named Shiyan since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Shiyan recorded 30 times among girls since 1996, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2007.
- #41,092 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shiyan ranks #41,092 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #41,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shiyan's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shiyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shiyan's full recorded timeline at 2000, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 6 recorded births.
Shiyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2007
- Peak year (1996)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Shiyan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (18 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Shiyan's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Shiyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 18 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shiyan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~11 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, 1996–2007 (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 Shiyan 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.