Is Shine a boy or girl name?

Shine is a unisex name. Of the 553 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 49.2% were girls and 50.8% were boys. It changed hands in 2022, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Shine

Recorded 1994–2025 · United States

Shine was most popular in 2023, when 66 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,678 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,994, with 45 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 553 people named Shine.

Shine over time

Births per year. The dot marks Shine’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shine a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shine is a unisex name — 49.2% of the 553 Americans given it were girls and 50.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2022 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 42% girls and 58% 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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org