Shyenne
Feminine · “A spelling of Cheyenne”
Shyenne is Cheyenne written with the sh it is said with, the name of a Plains people and a Wyoming city. The city grew so fast when the railroad came that it was called the Magic City of the Plains.
How old is the name Shyenne?
Shyenne first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Shyenne alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 600 people named Shyenne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shyenne most popular?
Shyenne peaked in 1996, reaching #2849 nationally. See the whole 1996 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Cheyenne to Shyenne
The story of Shyenne
When the Union Pacific railroad chose a spot on the Wyoming plains for a division point, a camp of tents and shacks turned into a town of thousands within months, and Cheyenne was nicknamed the Magic City of the Plains; it became the capital of Wyoming. Shyenne, with its sh, puts the word shy at the front of the name; nothing records whether any family meant it to.
Meaning
A spelling of Cheyenne, the name of a Plains people
Cheyenne is the English name of a Native people of the Great Plains. Shyenne writes the first sound with sh.
How the name formed
- Cheyenne
- Shyenne
Related forms: Cheyenne
Pronouncing Shyenne
shy-AN
Two syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Shyenne
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1987
- Most girls named
- 199642 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2849reached in 1996
- Change vs 2015
- −50.0%5 in 2018, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Shyenne in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cheyenne in English — spelling variant
Shyennes among us
people named Shyenne are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Shyenne sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Cheyenne, a name people know.
- Spelled as it is said.
- Distinct on paper.
- Almost everyone will write Cheyenne.
- Some people are uneasy about naming a child after a Native nation.
- It is closely tied to its era.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shyennes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Shyenne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shyenne in 2025?
- Shyenne is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Shyenne with classmates?
- Shyenne will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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