How Many People Are Named Shain?
people named Shain are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 290,880 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,241 babies named Shain in Social Security records from 1963 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
41 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shain, 2.1% were girls and 97.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 5.3% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shain alive today is about 35 years old, and 63% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shain first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 1978, to 41 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shain has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,510, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #11,776.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,776 |
| Best rank | #1,510 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,965 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shain alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shain were born in California than in any other state: about 47 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shain was given about 5.2 times as often in California.
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