Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shain

#4,207 most common boys' name of all time · #10,303 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1963–2025

Rank among boys
#4,207
Rank overall
#10,303 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,241
Since 2016
45
Peak year
1978 #1,592
Best rank
#1,510 1977
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
198020002020

Shain first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6 6 #10,912
2022 — 10 10 #7,881
2020 — 6 6 #10,880
2019 — 8 8 #9,078
2018 — 6 6 #11,006
2017 — 9 9 #8,288
2015 — 8 8 #8,935
2014 — 8 8 #8,966
2013 — 21 21 #4,515
2012 — 13 13 #6,387
2011 — 10 10 #7,637
2010 — 19 19 #4,903
2009 — 17 17 #5,396
2008 — 22 22 #4,439
2007 — 16 16 #5,508
2006 — 21 21 #4,422
2005 — 16 16 #5,115
2004 5 19 24 #4,483
2003 — 24 24 #3,664
2002 — 20 20 #4,098
2001 — 23 23 #3,654
2000 — 22 22 #3,686
1999 — 20 20 #3,749
1998 — 24 24 #3,244
1997 — 26 26 #2,932
1996 — 27 27 #2,787
1995 — 16 16 #3,936
1994 — 18 18 #3,672
1993 5 33 38 #2,322
1992 — 26 26 #2,713
1991 — 30 30 #2,386
1990 — 33 33 #2,198
1989 — 28 28 #2,393
1988 — 34 34 #1,936
1987 — 30 30 #2,046
1986 — 35 35 #1,781
1985 — 40 40 #1,607
1984 — 21 21 #2,416
1983 — 26 26 #2,068
1982 — 27 27 #2,038
1981 — 23 23 #2,254
1980 — 36 36 #1,649
1979 — 34 34 #1,705
1978 5 36 41 #1,592
1977 — 38 38 #1,510
1976 — 27 27 #1,865
1975 — 30 30 #1,697
1974 — 23 23 #1,976
1973 5 29 34 #1,644
1972 — 25 25 #1,815
1971 — 26 26 #1,778
1970 6 18 24 #2,200
1969 — 13 13 #2,534
1968 — 9 9 #3,088
1967 — 5 5 #4,448
1966 — 8 8 #3,235
1965 — 10 10 #2,778
1963 — 7 7 #3,643