Shyanne
Feminine diminutive form of Shyann, a variation of the French name Cheyenne.
Name Census estimates that about 9,225 living Americans carry the first name Shyanne. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Shyanne today is around 23 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Shyanne births was 1999 (525 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Shyanne. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
9.2K
~ 1 in 37,155 Americans
Peak year
1999
525 babies that year
Average age
23
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,367
Tracked since 1974
Popularity
Shyanne: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Shyanne from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 4,255 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Shyanne by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Shyanne during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Shyannes live
The SSA's state-level files cover 44 states and territories. California, Texas, Florida recorded the most babies named Shyanne, while Montana, Maine, Delaware recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 170 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Shyanne
The name Shyanne is a modern spelling variation of the French name Cheyenne, which derives from the word "Shai-ena" meaning "people of a different speech" in the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne Native American tribe. The Cheyenne were nomadic Plains Indians who lived in the Great Plains region of North America.
The name Cheyenne was first recorded in the mid-18th century, referring to the indigenous tribe. Over time, it transitioned into use as a feminine given name, likely influenced by the romanticization of Native American culture in literature and popular culture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
One of the earliest recorded uses of Cheyenne as a given name was in the 1878 novel "The Squaw" by Bret Harte, where a character was named Cheyenne. However, it remained an uncommon name until the mid-20th century when it gained popularity as a feminine given name in the United States.
Notable individuals with the name Shyanne include Shyanne Martyn (born 1993), an American singer-songwriter; Shyanne Somers (born 1977), an American actress and model; and Shyanne Staunton (born 1985), an American professional wrestler.
Throughout history, there have been a few notable individuals with the name Cheyenne, including Cheyenne Brando (1925-1995), an American actress and model who was the daughter of actor Marlon Brando; Cheyenne Tozzi (born 1988), an Australian model and singer; and Cheyenne Woods (born 1990), an American professional golfer and niece of Tiger Woods.
While the name Shyanne is a more recent spelling variation, it shares the same cultural and linguistic origins as Cheyenne, tracing back to the indigenous Cheyenne tribe of the Great Plains region in North America.
People
Shyanne + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Shyanne as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with S
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Shyanne: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Shyanne?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 9,225 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Shyanne going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 37,155 US residents.
Is Shyanne a common name?
We classify Shyanne as "Rare". It ranks above 97.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 9,411 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Shyanne most popular?
The single biggest year for Shyanne was 1999, when 525 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Shyanne is about 23 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Shyanne a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Shyanne in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.