Shain was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).
Shain as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#10,695 (6)
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2022
#7,768 (10)
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2020
#10,605 (6)
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2019
#8,889 (8)
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2018
#10,760 (6)
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2017
#8,140 (9)
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2015
#8,744 (8)
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2014
#8,781 (8)
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2013
#4,463 (21)
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2012
#6,306 (13)
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2011
#7,502 (10)
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2010
#4,848 (19)
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2009
#5,334 (17)
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2008
#4,395 (22)
#3,687 (4)
2007
#5,434 (16)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1977 at #1,490.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1963.
In 2004, 21% of US babies named Shain were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.