Shayne
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,512 for boys
Shayne is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Shayne mean?
Irish
A male given name from Irish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shayne a girl's or a boy's name?
Shayne is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 32 boys in the US.
How popular is Shayne in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Shayne, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 186 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shayne in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 14% of the babies named Shayne in the UK in 1996, and 3% in 2012.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Shayne in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,454 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 30 | #1,030 |
| 2011 | 36 | #892 |
| 2010 | 52 | #679 |
| 2009 | 49 | #703 |
| 2008 | 98 | #422 |
| 2007 | 102 | #397 |
| 2006 | 186 | #237 |
| 2005 | 51 | #576 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 20 | #870 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 17 | #941 |
| 1996 | 18 | #852 |
How popular is Shayne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,512th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Shayne, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 1990, with 399 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950. 13 girls were also named Shayne in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Shayne in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1953, 60% of the babies named Shayne in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 29%, with more boys than girls since 1957.
Shayne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,209 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,531 |
| 2016 | 81 | #1,845 |
| 2015 | 89 | #1,729 |
| 2014 | 78 | #1,872 |
| 2013 | 81 | #1,781 |
| 2012 | 104 | #1,535 |
| 2011 | 112 | #1,459 |
| 2010 | 141 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 114 | #1,459 |
| 2008 | 152 | #1,175 |
| 2007 | 172 | #1,076 |
| 2006 | 166 | #1,073 |
| 2005 | 178 | #975 |
| 2004 | 180 | #938 |
| 2003 | 188 | #892 |
| 2002 | 192 | #861 |
| 2001 | 208 | #804 |
| 2000 | 239 | #723 |
| 1999 | 216 | #744 |
| 1998 | 233 | #714 |
| 1997 | 252 | #650 |
| 1996 | 294 | #605 |
| 1995 | 266 | #634 |
| 1994 | 326 | #566 |
| 1993 | 292 | #606 |
| 1992 | 340 | #554 |
| 1991 | 351 | #541 |
| 1990 | 399 | #483 |
| 1989 | 253 | #620 |
| 1988 | 282 | #549 |
| 1987 | 233 | #593 |
| 1986 | 196 | #640 |
| 1985 | 157 | #702 |
| 1984 | 113 | #823 |
| 1983 | 106 | #848 |
| 1982 | 131 | #766 |
| 1981 | 123 | #784 |
| 1980 | 151 | #708 |
| 1979 | 145 | #718 |
| 1978 | 177 | #626 |
| 1977 | 183 | #620 |
| 1976 | 174 | #621 |
| 1975 | 183 | #596 |
| 1974 | 224 | #533 |
| 1973 | 236 | #507 |
| 1972 | 198 | #569 |
| 1971 | 208 | #562 |
| 1970 | 224 | #541 |
| 1969 | 166 | #609 |
| 1968 | 160 | #600 |
| 1967 | 110 | #705 |
| 1966 | 112 | #698 |
| 1965 | 111 | #705 |
| 1964 | 98 | #768 |
| 1963 | 86 | #816 |
| 1962 | 79 | #849 |
| 1961 | 112 | #725 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,151 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,386 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,387 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,886 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
Names like Shayne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cody, Ryan, Aiden, Dylan, Kian, Kody, Conan, Brody, Connor, Casey, Keegan, Kevin
Names related to Shayne
Shane, Shayan, Shaun, Shaan, Shayaan, Shawn, Shan, Shayna, Shyanne, Shyne
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Erin, Ronan, Declan, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon, Cillian, Sloane
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, “Shayne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shayne, updated 20 October 2026.