Shain
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,215since 1963
Shain over time
Rank among boys' names. Shain has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,848 | 19 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,334 | 17 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,395 | 22 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,434 | 16 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | — | #3,626 | 24 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,044 | 20 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,617 | 23 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,640 | 22 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,704 | 20 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,903 | 26 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,747 | 27 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #2,295 | 33 |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,344 | 30 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,170 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,359 | 28 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,909 | 34 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,020 | 30 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,760 | 35 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,594 | 40 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,364 | 21 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,619 | 36 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,670 | 34 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,570 | 36 |
| 1977 | — | #1,490 | 38 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,828 | 27 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,658 | 30 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,934 | 23 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,745 | 26 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
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| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Shain! It came in at #3,318, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1964, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Shain is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,097 · 1 in 22,724
Best ever in a state: #669 in Michigan, 1987.
Show every state
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| New York | #1,097 | 5 | 1 in 22,724 |
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See more about Shain
- 90 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #10,695)
- 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #10,695)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1977 at #1,490 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 43,243 boys born in 1977 were named Shain (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.7% of all boys named Shain (300) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52 | #2,415 (1969) | #3,035 |
| 1970s | 286 | #1,490 (1977) | #1,740 |
| 1980s | 300 | #1,594 (1985) | #1,985 |
| 1990s | 253 | #2,170 (1990) | #2,947 |
| 2000s | 200 | #3,617 (2001) | #4,392 |
| 2010s | 102 | #4,463 (2013) | #7,604 |
| 2020s | 22 | #7,768 (2022) | #9,689 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shain in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 43,243 of them was named Shain, which outranked 78.3% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,476Montrell39
- #1,476Renaldo39
- #1,476Zebulon39
- #1,490Shain38
- #1,490Alexandre38
- #1,490Amador38
- #1,490Chistopher38
- #1,515Ashton37
- #1,515Camilo37
- #1,515Cleo37
Tied with 24 names at #1,490; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.