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How popular is “Shayne” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shayne” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Shayne” 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 “Shayne” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Shayne” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shayne” 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
1943 6 0.000002126 6 100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 100%
1950 21 0.000005994 8 13 -24%
1951 23 0.000006244 16 7 39%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 100%
1953 35 0.000009082 21 14 20%
1954 44 0.000011053 27 17 23%
1955 34 0.000008468 24 10 41%
1956 27 0.000006549 15 12 11%
1957 49 0.000011661 17 32 -31%
1958 48 0.000011611 19 29 -21%
1959 49 0.000011785 17 32 -31%
1960 66 0.000015889 20 46 -39%
1961 133 0.000032108 21 112 -68%
1962 93 0.000023046 14 79 -70%
1963 107 0.000027032 21 86 -61%
1964 134 0.000034469 36 98 -46%
1965 138 0.000038064 27 111 -61%
1966 144 0.000041431 32 112 -56%
1967 135 0.000039766 25 110 -63%
1968 201 0.000059495 41 160 -59%
1969 209 0.000060138 43 166 -59%
1970 261 0.000072369 37 224 -72%
1971 254 0.000074002 46 208 -64%
1972 269 0.000085587 71 198 -47%
1973 308 0.000102092 72 236 -53%
1974 300 0.000098684 76 224 -49%
1975 228 0.000075512 45 183 -61%
1976 220 0.000072504 46 174 -58%
1977 220 0.000069259 37 183 -66%
1978 204 0.000064275 27 177 -74%
1979 173 0.000051999 28 145 -68%
1980 190 0.00005516 39 151 -59%
1981 154 0.000044517 31 123 -60%
1982 165 0.000047036 34 131 -59%
1983 136 0.000039268 30 106 -56%
1984 142 0.000040702 29 113 -59%
1985 194 0.000054355 37 157 -62%
1986 224 0.000062973 28 196 -75%
1987 261 0.000072387 28 233 -79%
1988 307 0.000083084 25 282 -84%
1989 289 0.000075173 36 253 -75%
1990 446 0.000112841 47 399 -79%
1991 396 0.000101662 45 351 -77%
1992 396 0.000103091 56 340 -72%
1993 376 0.000099727 84 292 -55%
1994 395 0.00010625 69 326 -65%
1995 323 0.000088199 57 266 -65%
1996 355 0.000097335 61 294 -66%
1997 313 0.000086327 61 252 -61%
1998 297 0.000080746 64 233 -57%
1999 248 0.000067138 32 216 -74%
2000 272 0.000071959 33 239 -76%
2001 261 0.000069723 53 208 -59%
2002 253 0.000067678 61 192 -52%
2003 244 0.000064171 56 188 -54%
2004 227 0.00005941 47 180 -59%
2005 236 0.000061381 58 178 -51%
2006 234 0.000059148 68 166 -42%
2007 220 0.000055032 48 172 -56%
2008 239 0.000060804 87 152 -27%
2009 200 0.000052354 86 114 -14%
2010 213 0.000057634 73 140 -31%
2011 156 0.000042649 44 112 -44%
2012 142 0.000038826 38 104 -46%
2013 127 0.000034836 46 81 -28%
2014 126 0.000033995 48 78 -24%
2015 129 0.000034856 40 89 -38%
2016 116 0.000031619 35 81 -40%
2017 85 0.000023768 35 50 -18%
2018 81 0.000023038 19 62 -53%
2019 75 0.000021608 28 47 -25%
2020 60 0.000017961 26 34 -13%
2021 46 0.000013578 10 36 -57%
2022 45 0.000013301 15 30 -33%
2023 49 0.000014798 13 36 -47%
2024 42 0.000012618 15 27 -29%

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