Shain
Boy · SHAYN · Hebrew
Shain is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Shain mean?
Hebrew: variant of Shane, from Irish Seán, a form of John
“God is gracious”
A spelling of Shane, from Seán, the Irish form of John.
- Say it
- SHAYN
Is Shain a girl's or a boy's name?
Shain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Shain, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the boys named Shain in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 450 boys in the US were given Shain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #595, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Shain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,758 |
| 1985 | 40 | #1,593 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,570 |
| 1977 | 38 | #1,490 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
Names like Shain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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