Shayn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHAYN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Shayn is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Shayn mean?
Hebrew: spelling variant of Shane, an Irish form of John
“God is gracious”
Is Shayn a girl's or a boy's name?
Shayn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shayn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Shayn, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1989, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had more boys named Shayn than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Shayn in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 450 boys in the US were given Shayn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #595, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Shayn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Shayn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Kenan, Brayden, Brennan, Samir, Finn, Ibrahim, Sean, Ahmad, Hassan, Aiden, Braden
Other spellings of Shayn
Names related to Shayn
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Shayn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shayn, updated 20 October 2026.