Shayna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shayna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shayna: Recorded since 1996, it reached #488 in 2009, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#488highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1450
1998	#1392
1999	#1160
2000	#993
2001	#1359
2002	#1151
2003	#1056
2004	#1209
2005	#1243
2006	#1087
2007	#987
2008	#1302
2009	#1083
2010	#1257
2011	#2432
2012	#1649
2013	#2062
2014	#1882
2015	#2070
2016	#3609
2017	#2341
2018	#2674
2019	#2643
2021	#2711
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2016: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3609 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1222 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2020
Highest recorded position: #488 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2004–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shayna appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 419 births with the name.

Shayna across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shayna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#987 (2007)	#4192 (2024)	26 of 29	419 (1996–2024)	30 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#677 (2004)	#488 (2009)	#834 (2020)	9 of 17	41 (2004–2020)	8 (2009)

Shayna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shayna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	57	4 of 10	14
2000sbusiest	219	10 of 10	22
2010s	129	10 of 10	13
2020s	14	2 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shayna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #488 in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Shayna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1257	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1083	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1302	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#987	30	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1087	25	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1243	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1209	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1056	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1151	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#993	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1160	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #488, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 8 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Shaylan · #1511, 23y
Shayma · #1151, 27y
Shayne · #76, 34y
Shazain · #1469, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ashleen · #488, 24y
Franky · #489, 26y
Aishat · #490, 25y
Dominica · #490, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Franky · #489, 26y
Jarvis · #489, 29y
Kashif · #489, 25y
Aishat · #490, 25y

Shayna was ranked #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2009. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shayna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shayna without appearing here.

Shayna moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2643 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.
Pauline Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #3214 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2341 and #4763.
Donna Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #2966 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2341 and #4063.

Moved ahead of Shayna

Francis Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2711 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2574.
Janice Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2711 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2771.
Rita Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1257 and #1653 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2432 and #1067.
Liv Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1257 and #1584 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2432 and #1117.

Moved the opposite way to Shayna

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayna went from #1222 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayna went from #1222 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayna went from #1222 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayna went from #1222 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Shayna

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayna went from #1222 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayna went from #1222 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayna went from #1222 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayna went from #1222 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #488 in Republic of Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shayna

Shayna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shayna across 2 official records

Shayna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Shayna at a glance

Shayna across 2 official records

Shayna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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