girls:
16 births since 2002
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
27 births since 1988
#4559 (1st percentile)
overall:
43 births since 1988
#7696 (1st percentile)
The name Shinya is the #7,696 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 43 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 0.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,559 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 27 births since 1988. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 2002.
Shinya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for boys and 2002 for girls). Birth data for Shinya is available in 8 out of the 17 years between 1988 and 2004 (5 years for boys and 3 years for girls). 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 Shinya has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (62.8% of all recorded births). In 2004, 0.0% of babies named Shinya were boys. Interestingly, until around 2002, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1988 to 2001), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2002 to 2004).
For boys, Shinya reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #753) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2001.
For girls, Shinya reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #906) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shinya".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shinya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.1% confident that Shinya is pronounced as SHIH-nyuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEE-nyuh, at 22.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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