Shayn

Shayn was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).

Shayn as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Shayn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Shayn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#12,008 (5)———
2019#12,145 (5)#3,411 (5)—#2,756 (5)
2017#12,246 (5)———
2015#10,644 (6)———
2014#7,562 (10)———
2012#7,559 (10)———
2011#10,808 (6)———
2010#8,803 (8)———
2009#9,864 (7)———
2008#9,019 (8)———
2007#8,915 (8)———
2006#12,055 (5)———
2005#7,096 (10)———
2003#6,715 (10)———
2002#5,395 (13)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1988 at #2,860.
  • First recorded in the US in 1969.

How common is it?

about 1 in 330,000 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.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShaynCanadaBoys—too few
ShaynEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ShaynIrelandBoys—too few
ShaynUSBoys#12,0085