Girls' name · peaked in 1991
Shayna name popularity since 1925
16,272 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Shayna. Half of them were born in 1994 or earlier, so the typical Shayna is about 32 years old in 2026. Shayna peaked in 1991 as the #381 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,272
- Named Shayna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,479 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 16,267 girls · 5 boys
- Most popular in
- New Jersey
- 2.02× its national share
Peak year is the year Shayna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Shayna births per year, 1925–2025
1991 was the biggest year for Shayna both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1982 and 1987, Shayna became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 7,840 baby girls to 1 in 3,100.
- Steepest fall: Between 2007 and 2012, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 5,840 to 1 in 14,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Shayna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Shayna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Shayna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 20 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 166 | 0 | #3,135 |
| 1970s | 1,140 | 0 | #1,034 |
| 1980s | 4,083 | 5 | #435 |
| 1990s | 5,836 | 0 | #454 |
| 2000s | 3,297 | 0 | #841 |
| 2010s | 1,280 | 0 | #1,728 |
| 2020–25 | 445 | 0 | #2,479 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
50.4% of babies named Shayna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Shayna is most popular
The index compares Shayna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Shayna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 2.02× | 760 |
| Florida | 1.90× | 937 |
| Massachusetts | 1.55× | 505 |
| New York | 1.46× | 1,516 |
| Michigan | 1.22× | 640 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Shayna and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Shayna (this page) | 16,267 | 1991 |
| Shaina | 11,992 | 1987 |
| Shanya | 2,156 | 2003 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Shayna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Shayna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Shayna (1991).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data