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How popular is “Shayn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shayn” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Shayn” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Shayn” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Shayn” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Shayn” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Shayn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shayn” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 -100%
1989 21 0.000005462 21 -100%
1990 20 0.00000506 20 -100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 -100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 -100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 -100%
1996 18 0.000004935 18 -100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%

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