NameTides

Shayan

Shayan was the #2,145 boys' name in the US in 2025 (67 babies), and #702 in England & Wales and #1,207 in Canada.

Shayan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Shayan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaUS
Shayan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,145 (67)#702 (50)#762 (3)#829 (3)#1,207 (20)
2024#1,752 (94)#737 (47)——#788 (33)
2023#1,875 (84)#754 (44)——#911 (26)
2022#1,875 (84)#610 (60)——#1,092 (20)
2021#2,026 (73)#695 (50)——#946 (25)
2020#1,766 (86)#587 (61)—#741 (3)#1,129 (19)
2019#2,001 (73)#610 (60)#701 (3)—#698 (36)
2018#2,101 (67)#763 (43)——#1,093 (19)
2017#2,217 (60)#606 (60)——#1,246 (16)
2016#2,145 (64)#546 (71)——#1,026 (21)
2015#1,955 (74)#586 (63)——#873 (26)
2014#1,873 (78)#624 (55)——#1,250 (15)
2013#1,989 (69)#560 (64)#590 (4)—#784 (30)
2012#2,132 (63)#549 (66)——#966 (22)
2011#2,284 (56)#473 (78)——#818 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,752.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.
  • In 2010, 8% of US babies named Shayan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 26,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Shayan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 29,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shayan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #905MINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Shayan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#60719

Shayan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShayanCanadaBoys#1,20720
ShayanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ShayanEngland & WalesBoys#70250
ShayanIrelandBoys#8293
ShayanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ShayanScotlandBoys#7623
ShayanUSGirls—too few
ShayanUSBoys#2,14567