Shanae — #15631 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanae

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,464 babies named Shanae between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanae currently holds the #15631 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 409 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,512 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shanae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 361 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanae in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanae in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,464 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.