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.

Shayn

#7,659 most common boys' name of all time · #19,260 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among boys
#7,659
Rank overall
#19,260 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
459
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1989 #2,965
Best rank
#2,928 1988
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
198020002020

Shayn first appears in 1969. 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 — 5 5 #12,331
2019 — 5 5 #12,510
2017 — 5 5 #12,617
2015 — 6 6 #10,927
2014 — 10 10 #7,728
2012 — 10 10 #7,717
2011 — 6 6 #11,148
2010 — 8 8 #9,035
2009 — 7 7 #10,121
2008 — 8 8 #9,242
2007 — 8 8 #9,137
2006 — 5 5 #12,470
2005 — 10 10 #7,256
2003 — 10 10 #6,889
2002 — 13 13 #5,513
2001 — 6 6 #9,571
2000 — 10 10 #6,482
1999 — 14 14 #4,879
1998 — 13 13 #4,984
1997 — 16 16 #4,132
1996 — 18 18 #3,751
1995 — 16 16 #3,947
1994 — 19 19 #3,527
1993 — 19 19 #3,439
1992 — 14 14 #4,224
1991 — 21 21 #3,055
1990 — 20 20 #3,130
1989 — 21 21 #2,965
1988 — 19 19 #2,928
1987 — 13 13 #3,645
1986 — 12 12 #3,794
1985 — 6 6 #6,135
1984 — 8 8 #4,789
1983 — 6 6 #5,903
1981 — 5 5 #6,766
1980 — 8 8 #4,778
1979 — 10 10 #3,986
1978 — 11 11 #3,560
1977 — 6 6 #5,549
1975 — 6 6 #5,246
1974 — 5 5 #5,707
1972 — 5 5 #5,523
1971 — 6 6 #4,809
1970 — 5 5 #5,289
1969 — 5 5 #5,022