# Shayna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shayna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Yiddish |
| Meaning | “beautiful” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,272 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 16,267 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 419, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Shayna is grouped under beauty.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 185 | 1,287 |
| 2012 | 125 | 1,689 |
| 2013 | 142 | 1,545 |
| 2014 | 122 | 1,725 |
| 2015 | 122 | 1,728 |
| 2016 | 111 | 1,862 |
| 2017 | 102 | 1,963 |
| 2018 | 93 | 2,080 |
| 2019 | 88 | 2,138 |
| 2020 | 88 | 2,094 |
| 2021 | 81 | 2,283 |
| 2022 | 79 | 2,362 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2,932 |
| 2024 | 67 | 2,632 |
| 2025 | 72 | 2,479 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5 | 7,425 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 30 | 987 |
| 2008 | 22 | 1,302 |
| 2009 | 29 | 1,083 |
| 2010 | 25 | 1,257 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |

## People named Shayna

- Shayna Baszler, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
- Shayna Jack, Australian swimmer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.