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.
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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 306,372 of them was named Shain, which outranked 15.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,725 names at #9,750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 45,607 of them was named Shain, which outranked 76.8% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,537Vijay37
- #1,537Von37
- #1,537Williams37
- #1,570Shain36
- #1,570Ashton36
- #1,570Avi36
- #1,570Brantley36
- #1,596Abner35
- #1,596Ajay35
- #1,596Antwane35
Tied with 25 names at #1,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.