| Shayna | Golda | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Beautiful | gold |
| Origin | yiddish | yiddish |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | SHAY-nuh | GOHL-dah |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 1991 (676) | 1915 (158) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Vintage | Vintage |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Shayna | Golda |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 445 | 361 |
| 2010s | 1,280 | 376 |
| 2000s | 3,297 | 260 |
| 1990s | 5,836 | 156 |
| 1980s | 4,083 | 172 |
| 1970s | 1,140 | 121 |
| 1960s | 166 | 92 |
| 1950s | 20 | 159 |
| 1940s | 0 | 258 |
| 1930s | 0 | 493 |
| 1920s | 0 | 937 |
| 1910s | 0 | 1,241 |
| 1900s | 0 | 882 |
| 1890s | 0 | 703 |
| 1880s | 0 | 219 |
From Yiddish שיין (sheyn) 'beautiful, pretty' (cognate with German schön). A well established Yiddish beauty name, also spelled Shaina/Sheyna.
Yiddish name meaning 'gold', from the word for the metal. Borne by Golda Meir; the literal gold sense.
Shayna and Golda are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Shayna means Beautiful (yiddish origin), while Golda means gold (yiddish origin).
In US records, Shayna first appears in 0 and Golda in 0, so Shayna has the longer recorded history.