Shane Boy
How popular is Shane?
#635 boy name in 2025
439 baby boys were named Shane in the US in 2025, making it the 635th most popular boy name.
Shane popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #635 for boys (▼ 35 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 439 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-64% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #295 in 2015, #507 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1973 (5,710 boys) |
| Highest rank | #54 in 1973 |
| First recorded | 1933 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shane counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shane family of names ranked #532 for boys in 2025 (#498 the year before), with 549 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shane | 439 | 80% |
| Shayne | 32 | 6% |
| Shyne | 32 | 6% |
| Shine | 26 | 5% |
| Shon | 9 | 2% |
| Shain | 6 | 1% |
| Shayn | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shane is most popular
Babies named Shane per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 1.3 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.8 per 1,000 (169 boys)
- Connecticut: 0.8 per 1,000 (51 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.7 per 1,000 (179 boys)
- New York: 0.6 per 1,000 (240 boys)
Shane by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1940s | 159 | #1,408 |
| 1950s | 2,589 | #350 |
| 1960s | 13,923 | #87 |
| 1970s | 50,279 | #54 |
| 1980s | 43,169 | #65 |
| 1990s | 40,598 | #73 |
| 2000s | 26,129 | #116 |
| 2010s | 12,510 | #197 |
| 2020s | 3,191 | #493 |
Boy names about as popular as Shane
Questions
- Is Shane a boy or girl name?
- Shane is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Shane were boys.
- How popular is the name Shane?
- 439 baby boys were named Shane in the US in 2025, making it the 635th most popular boy name.
- When was Shane most popular?
- Shane peaked in 1973, when 5,710 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #54 in 1973.
- How many people are named Shane?
- 196,166 babies have been named Shane in the US since 1880. We estimate about 184,315 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Shane most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shane was most common in Delaware, at 1.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.