Shayna
Shayna was the 2479th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 381st with 676 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 751 places. More babies were named Shayna in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,479 girls, down 385 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 72girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1991676 babies
- Total since 1880
- 16,272babies recorded
Shayna popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1985.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,479 | 72 |
| 2020 | #2,094 | 88 |
| 2010 | #1,262 | 190 |
| 2000 | #578 | 449 |
| 1990 | #412 | 629 |
| 1980 | #816 | 196 |
| 1970 | #1,580 | 61 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Shayna, counting every spelling?
Shayna is a spelling of Shaina, a name family that ranked #1,303 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,479 for Shayna on its own. Together these spellings went to 157 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaina | 75 | #2,404 | 357 |
| Shayna | 72 | #2,479 | 357 |
| Sheina | 10 | #10,002 | 50 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Shayna?
72 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shayna (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shayna born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 116 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shayna.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shayna?
About 15,900 people born in the US named Shayna are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 24 and 39. That makes Shayna mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Shayna by state
How common Shayna was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (5.8×), New York (3.8×), Florida (2.1×). In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Shayna: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shayna, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Shayna
How popular is the name Shayna?
Shayna was the 2479th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 381st with 676 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 751 places. More babies were named Shayna in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Shayna a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shayna in the US.
Where is Shayna most popular?
In 2021–2025, Shayna was most common in New Jersey (0.26 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Florida.