Shain Boy
How popular is Shain?
#10,691 boy name in 2025
6 baby boys were named Shain in the US in 2025, making it the 10691st most popular boy name.
1,179living people named Shain (est.)
37median age of people named Shain
1,241babies named Shain since 1880
1 in 552,557US babies born in 2025
Shain popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #10,691 for boys |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,739 in 2015, #10,599 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1985 (40 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,490 in 1977 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shain counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shane family of names ranked #532 for boys in 2025 (#498 the year before), with 549 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shane | 439 | 80% |
| Shayne | 32 | 6% |
| Shyne | 32 | 6% |
| Shine | 26 | 5% |
| Shon | 9 | 2% |
| Shain | 6 | 1% |
| Shayn | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Shain by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52 | #2,414 |
| 1970s | 286 | #1,490 |
| 1980s | 300 | #1,593 |
| 1990s | 253 | #2,165 |
| 2000s | 200 | #3,612 |
| 2010s | 102 | #4,461 |
| 2020s | 22 | #7,763 |
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Questions
- Is Shain a boy or girl name?
- Shain is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shain were boys.
- How popular is the name Shain?
- 6 baby boys were named Shain in the US in 2025, making it the 10691st most popular boy name.
- When was Shain most popular?
- Shain peaked in 1985, when 40 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,490 in 1977.
- How many people are named Shain?
- 1,241 babies have been named Shain in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,179 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 37.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.