Meaning and history
Shaina has several uses. In Yiddish it is a variant of Shayna, from sheyn, meaning “beautiful.” In modern English it may instead be a spelling variant of Shana or Shayna, and family usage can determine the intended source. It should not automatically be assigned unrelated Hebrew meanings. Notable bearers include American journalist Shaina Humphries and Filipino actor Shaina Magdayao. The Yiddish beauty association is its clearest traditional etymology.
20062006: 139 births, rank #1,560
2007: 125 births, rank #1,734
2008: 128 births, rank #1,732
2009: 106 births, rank #1,956
2010: 86 births, rank #2,237
20112011: 90 births, rank #2,124
2012: 64 births, rank #2,734
2013: 88 births, rank #2,137
2014: 70 births, rank #2,535
2015: 78 births, rank #2,351
20162016: 79 births, rank #2,366
2017: 75 births, rank #2,401
2018: 63 births, rank #2,711
2019: 63 births, rank #2,709
2020: 53 births, rank #3,015
20212021: 68 births, rank #2,558
2022: 70 births, rank #2,530
2023: 65 births, rank #2,674
2024: 79 births, rank #2,327
20252025: 75 births, rank #2,387
Shaina moved from #769 to #794 for girls between 1999 and 2000. Its highest annual birth count came in 1988, with 770 births.