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Shayan

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Shayan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 94 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
940.01% of boys
Peak year
202494 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1982
2,287people given the name
Babies named Shayan, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,229 boys have been named Shayan in the United States since 1982, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 94 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 30%.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 58 girls have also been given it, 2.5% of the total.

By decade

Decadeboys named Shayan
1980s79
1990s457
2000s612
2010s660
2020s421

In 2024, its biggest year

Shayan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Shayan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.