Shain is a rare variant of Shawn that peaked in 1978 and has since faded.
Shain is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #11,780 for boy births in the United States (and #24,319 across all names), given to 6 babies. Shain was first reported in SSA data in 1963 and peaked in 1985 (40 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,780 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,206 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,809 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,607 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,911 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,730 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,434 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,483 |
| 2013 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,593 |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,583 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,968 |
| 2010 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,006 |
| 2009 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,513 |
| 2008 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,515 |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,636 |
| 2006 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,484 |
| 2005 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,240 |
| 2004 | 24 | 24 | #18,333 | #4,567 |
| 2003 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,707 |
| 2002 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,163 |
| 2001 | 23 | 23 | — | #3,705 |
| 2000 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,737 |
| 1999 | 20 | 20 | — | #3,813 |
| 1998 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,281 |
| 1997 | 26 | — | — | #2,967 |
| 1996 | 27 | — | — | #2,820 |
| 1995 | 16 | — | — | #4,017 |
| 1994 | 18 | — | — | #3,726 |
| 1993 | 38 | — | #15,331 | #2,340 |
| 1992 | 26 | — | — | #2,734 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | — | #2,391 |
| 1990 | 33 | — | — | #2,208 |
| 1989 | 28 | — | — | #2,402 |
| 1988 | 34 | — | — | #1,945 |
| 1987 | 30 | — | — | #2,050 |
| 1986 | 35 | — | — | #1,788 |
| 1985 | 40 | — | — | #1,609 |
| 1984 | 21 | — | — | #2,426 |
| 1983 | 26 | — | — | #2,070 |
| 1982 | 27 | — | — | #2,052 |
| 1981 | 23 | — | — | #2,260 |
| 1980 | 36 | — | — | #1,648 |
| 1979 | 34 | — | — | #1,706 |
| 1978 | 41 | — | #11,105 | #1,594 |
| 1977 | 38 | — | — | #1,510 |
| 1976 | 27 | — | — | #1,866 |
| 1975 | 30 | — | — | #1,695 |
| 1974 | 23 | — | — | #1,970 |
| 1973 | 34 | — | #9,492 | #1,647 |
| 1972 | 25 | — | — | #1,813 |
| 1971 | 26 | — | — | #1,773 |
| 1970 | 24 | — | #7,806 | #2,200 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | — | #2,528 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | — | #3,071 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | — | #4,452 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | — | #3,201 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | — | #2,748 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | — | #3,603 |