Shine
Shine was the 4120th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2796th with 46 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,334 places. More babies were named Shine in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,120 boys, up 888 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26boys
- Girls and boys
- 38% girls, 62% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202346 babies
- Total since 1880
- 553babies recorded
Shine popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #6,287 | #4,120 | 19 | 26 |
| 2020 | #11,989 | #5,008 | 8 | 19 |
| 2010 | #12,114 | — | 9 | — |
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How popular is Shine, counting every spelling?
Shine is a spelling of Shyne, a name family that had 58 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 58 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shyne | 32 | #3,575 | 181 |
| Shine | 26 | #4,120 | 159 |
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 Shine?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shine (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Shine 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 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shine.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shine?
About 300 people born in the US named Shine are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 3 and 10. That makes Shine a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Shine by state
How common Shine was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys 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 Shine: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shine, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Shine
How popular is the name Shine?
Shine was the 4120th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2796th with 46 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,334 places. More babies were named Shine in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Shine a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 38% girls, 62% boys given the name Shine in the US.
Where is Shine most popular?
In 2021–2025, Shine was most common in Florida (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.