Shiann
Recorded 1975–2022 · United States
Shiann was most popular in 1998, when 135 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,291 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,008 people named Shiann.
Shiann over time
How old is the name Shiann?
Shiann first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1975, which makes it about 50 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 45 of the 51 years since.
How many people are named Shiann?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,008 American births named Shiann between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,982 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Shiann in 2025?
Shiann was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Shiann getting more or less popular?
Shiann is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 5 births a year, against 26 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -81% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Shiann a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Shiann is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,008 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Shiann?
Roughly 1,982 Americans named Shiann are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 26 years old, and half are between 20 and 30. That is a narrow band: Shiann arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Shiann is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org