girls:
16.1k births since 1957
#1183 (79th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1985
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
16.1k births since 1957
#2044 (74th percentile)
The name Shayna is the #2,044 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,126 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 73.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,183 (79.3% percentile) for all time with 16,121 births since 1957. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1985.
Shayna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 1985 for boys). Birth data for Shayna is available in 66 out of the 67 years between 1957 and 2023 (66 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shayna has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shayna reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 58.8% percentile (ranked #351) with 333 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 333 births per million (ranked 58.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1992, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Shayna ranks #895 for girls (5.5% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 9.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Shayna reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #695) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1985.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shayna".
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