Shaina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAY-na
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,387 for girls
Shaina is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,387th for girls in the US (75 babies).
What does Shaina mean?
Germanic: Yiddish, from sheyn
“beautiful”
From Yiddish sheyn, 'beautiful', a cognate of German schön.
Is Shaina a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 75 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Shaina, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shaina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Shaina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Shaina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,387th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 75 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were named Shaina, making it the 2,387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 770 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Shaina in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were given Shaina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,892, up from #2,387 for this spelling alone.
- Shaina 75
- Sheina 10
Shaina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,387 |
| 2024 | 79 | #2,327 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,674 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,558 |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,709 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,401 |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,366 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2013 | 88 | #2,137 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 90 | #2,124 |
| 2010 | 86 | #2,237 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,956 |
| 2008 | 128 | #1,732 |
| 2007 | 125 | #1,734 |
| 2006 | 139 | #1,560 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,703 |
| 2004 | 147 | #1,412 |
| 2003 | 181 | #1,186 |
| 2002 | 204 | #1,050 |
| 2001 | 214 | #1,000 |
| 2000 | 290 | #792 |
| 1999 | 289 | #767 |
| 1998 | 344 | #671 |
| 1997 | 403 | #575 |
| 1996 | 474 | #505 |
| 1995 | 374 | #601 |
| 1994 | 497 | #500 |
| 1993 | 489 | #505 |
| 1992 | 604 | #419 |
| 1991 | 611 | #416 |
| 1990 | 639 | #408 |
| 1989 | 669 | #378 |
| 1988 | 770 | #324 |
| 1987 | 760 | #319 |
| 1986 | 568 | #398 |
| 1985 | 352 | #559 |
| 1984 | 323 | #569 |
| 1983 | 205 | #780 |
| 1982 | 185 | #842 |
| 1981 | 134 | #1,060 |
| 1980 | 100 | #1,276 |
| 1979 | 76 | #1,530 |
| 1978 | 71 | #1,546 |
| 1977 | 61 | #1,701 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,936 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,208 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Shaina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Summer, Hiba, Khadija, Salma, Saba, Huda, Zainab, Hafsa, Aisha, Maha, Maya
Other spellings of Shaina
Names related to Shaina
Sana, Shanaya, Shaan, Shania, Siana, Sihana, Shauna, Shani, Sanai, Shayna, Shaniya, Suhana
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shaina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaina, updated 20 October 2026.