Shayne
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
Given to boys 78.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 399 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,741since 1950
Shayne over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #3,513 | 32 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #3,986 | 27 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #3,293 | 36 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #3,242 | 36 |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | #2,694 | 47 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #2,210 | 62 |
| 2017 | #4,147 | 35 | #2,532 | 50 |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | #1,845 | 81 |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 | #1,729 | 89 |
| 2014 | #3,326 | 48 | #1,873 | 78 |
| 2013 | #3,404 | 46 | #1,782 | 81 |
| 2012 | #3,988 | 38 | #1,535 | 104 |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 | #1,459 | 112 |
| 2010 | #2,514 | 73 | #1,245 | 141 |
| 2009 | #2,270 | 86 | #1,459 | 114 |
| 2008 | #2,253 | 87 | #1,175 | 152 |
| 2007 | #3,428 | 48 | #1,076 | 172 |
| 2006 | #2,631 | 68 | #1,073 | 166 |
| 2005 | #2,827 | 58 | #976 | 178 |
| 2004 | #3,224 | 47 | #939 | 180 |
| 2003 | #2,771 | 56 | #893 | 188 |
| 2002 | #2,554 | 61 | #862 | 192 |
| 2001 | #2,766 | 53 | #805 | 208 |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 | #724 | 239 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | #746 | 216 |
| 1998 | #2,221 | 64 | #714 | 233 |
| 1997 | #2,229 | 61 | #650 | 252 |
| 1996 | #2,207 | 61 | #605 | 294 |
| 1995 | #2,309 | 57 | #635 | 266 |
| 1994 | #2,026 | 69 | #567 | 326 |
| 1993 | #1,753 | 84 | #607 | 292 |
| 1992 | #2,318 | 56 | #554 | 340 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 | #541 | 351 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 | #484 | 399 |
| 1989 | #2,986 | 36 | #623 | 253 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | #549 | 282 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 | #593 | 233 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 | #640 | 196 |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | #702 | 157 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 | #823 | 113 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 | #848 | 106 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | #766 | 131 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #784 | 123 |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 | #708 | 151 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #718 | 145 |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | #626 | 177 |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 | #620 | 183 |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 | #621 | 174 |
| 1975 | #1,963 | 45 | #596 | 183 |
| 1974 | #1,364 | 76 | #533 | 224 |
| 1973 | #1,374 | 72 | #507 | 236 |
| 1972 | #1,394 | 71 | #569 | 198 |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 | #562 | 208 |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 | #541 | 224 |
| 1969 | #1,897 | 43 | #609 | 166 |
| 1968 | #1,855 | 41 | #600 | 160 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | #705 | 110 |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 | #698 | 112 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | #705 | 111 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 | #768 | 98 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 | #816 | 86 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | #850 | 79 |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 | #726 | 112 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #1,388 | 32 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #2,111 | 13 |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Shayne! It came in at #2,111, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1952, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Shayne
- 473 spots since 2024 (#3,986 → #3,513)
- 239 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #3,513)
- 1,784 spots since 2015 (#1,729 → #3,513)
- Biggest jump: 426 spots in 1961 (#1,152 → #726)
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1962 (#726 → #850)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1990 at #484 (399 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1961–2005
- Highest: 1 in 5,148 boys born in 1990 were named Shayne (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.6% of all boys named Shayne (2,969) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1956, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 166 | #1,387 (1959) | #2,034 |
| 1960s | 1,080 | #600 (1968) | #763 |
| 1970s | 1,952 | #507 (1973) | #589 |
| 1980s | 1,745 | #549 (1988) | #704 |
| 1990s | 2,969 | #484 (1990) | #610 |
| 2000s | 1,789 | #724 (2000) | #998 |
| 2010s | 845 | #1,245 (2010) | #1,890 |
| 2020s | 195 | #3,242 (2021) | #3,500 |
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.
Shayne in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 214,132 of them was named Shayne, which outranked 35.1% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,662Willadean9
- #3,662Wynetta9
- #3,662Xenia9
- #3,962Shayne8
- #3,962Adonna8
- #3,962Alanda8
- #3,962Albertina8
- #4,315Aaron7
- #4,315Abbey7
- #4,315Adelene7
Tied with 352 names at #3,962; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 137,712 of them was named Shayne, which outranked 49.7% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,019Waddell14
- #2,019Winton14
- #2,019Zeb14
- #2,111Shayne13
- #2,111Alois13
- #2,111Alonso13
- #2,111Alphonza13
- #2,207Adrain12
- #2,207Alvan12
- #2,207Alwyn12
Tied with 95 names at #2,111; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.