Shayne

maleStatistical record

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

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

Shayne: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 23 years, its highest recorded position is #76, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#76highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Shayne's record

Absent from every published list for 23 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2010

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#2701
1999	#3900
2001	#3262
2003	#4373
2006	#4157
2010	#5707

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 boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2017: #610 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1812 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #80 among boys in New Zealand in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1968
Highest recorded position: #76 among boys in New Zealand, in 1965 (recorded 1964–1968).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shayne appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 749 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1964.

Shayne across 5 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.

Shayne'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 · Boys	#818 (1996)	#245 (2006)	#5119 (2024)	29 of 29	749 (1996–2024)	155 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2701 (1998)	#5707 (2010)	7 of 15	25 (1996–2010)	5 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#213 (2005)	#149 (2006)	#610 (2017)	12 of 13	148 (2005–2017)	35 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#307 (2005)	#163 (2006)	#403 (2012)	8 of 8	44 (2005–2012)	13 (2006)
New Zealand · Boys	#80 (1964)	#76 (1965)	#100 (1968)	4 of 5	296 (1964–1968)	89 (1965)

Shayne by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Shayne in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	61	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	473	10 of 10	47
2010s	184	10 of 10	18
2020s	31	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 47 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2005 and 2006, when recorded births rose by 110, from 45 to 155.

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

Shayne 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 5 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #76 in New Zealand in 1965.

Shayne'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	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#721	42	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#711	42	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#437	83	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#416	85	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#245	155	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#590	45	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1048	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#906	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#818	18	High	Verified
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New Zealand	male	#100	57	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#95	69	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#76	89	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#80	81	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#163	13	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	25	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	22	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	35	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	16	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 5 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #76, first reached in 1965.

It held a top-100 place in 5 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 155 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 23 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1972, and 41 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Brad · #77, 36y
Cory · #77, 33y
Kaleb · #75, 30y
Kayden · #77, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aisha · #76, 52y
Ashling · #76, 53y
Ine · #76, 63y
Nicolai · #76, 61y

Shayne was ranked #76 in New Zealand · Boys in 1965. 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.

Shayne 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 Shayne without appearing here.

Shayne moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3079 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1683 and #4749.
Cian Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4373 and #3594 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #4157 and #5061.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1048 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1135 and #1595.

Moved ahead of Shayne

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Arne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2160.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Robyn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Shayne

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shayne went from #818 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shayne went from #818 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shayne went from #818 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shayne went from #818 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Shayne

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shayne went from #818 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shayne went from #818 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shayne went from #818 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shayne went from #818 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 5 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #76 in New Zealand in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shayne

Shayne at a glance

What stands out in Shayne's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shayne across 5 official records

Shayne by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shayne appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Shayne at a glance

What stands out in Shayne's record

Shayne across 5 official records

Shayne by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shayne appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Shayne

Shayne and the names beside it

Shayne moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shayne

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