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Shayne

As a gender-neutral name, Shayne is understood to mean "God is gracious". It is not as common as it was in the 1990s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 13,256 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.

EtymologyVariant of Shane/Sean
EtymologyMeaning "God is gracious"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
31
1950s
343
1960s
1,359
1970s
2,440
1980s
2,067
1990s
3,544
2000s
2,385
2010s
1,087
Peaked in the 1990s · 13,256 total U.S. births since 1900