Shinya

Boy · recorded 1988–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 2001best year

Most popular in 2001.

Last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shinya.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1988

02419881991199519982001

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 5 recorded years as a table
Shinya, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19883
19892
19912
19943
20014

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shinya isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2001
7
Rank in 2001
#8,339
How rare
1 in 277,554 boys
Since 1988
27

Shinya was last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2001, at 4 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shinya doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.