Shayna

Girl name

Shayna has been given to 16,272 babies in the U.S. since 1957. It peaked in 1991.

Meaning & origin

Borrowed from Yiddish שיינע (sheyne), a feminine inflection of שיין (sheyn, “beautiful”).

Origin: Yiddish

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

16,272

Peak year

1991 (676 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1957

10-year trend

▼ -41%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Shayna.

16,264 babies since 1885

16,301 babies since 1880

16,360 babies since 1962

16,529 babies since 1914

16,585 babies since 1896

15,936 babies since 1947

15,925 babies since 1886

15,814 babies since 1970

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