Boys' name · since 1933
Shane
192,583 babies named Shane in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #190 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #635 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 192,583
- born since 1933
- 1970s
- peak decade
192,583 babies have been named Shane since 1933, making it today's #635 boys' name.
Shane has 192,583 recorded births among boys since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #635 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 2025.
- #190 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #635 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 192,583 born since 1933
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shane ranks #190 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #635 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 192,583 born since 1933, peaking in the 1970s.
- #190 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #635 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 192,583
- born since 1933
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shane's 192,583 recorded births place it above 99.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Shane compares
192,583 Top 2% higher than 98% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shane's all-time total is 522x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shane | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 192,583 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 5,710 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shane's full recorded timeline at 1980, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1939, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 5,710 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shane popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–2025
- Peak year (1973)
- 5,710
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Shane popularity over time - girls
3,583 total births recorded since 1941 (Shane as girls' name)
Shane by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (50,279 births, 26% of the file).
1970s was Shane's strongest decade.
50,279 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Shane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 36
1930s
36 births
- 1940s 159
1940s
159 births
- 1950s 2,589
1950s
2,589 births
- 1960s 13,923
1960s
13,923 births
- 1970s
1970s
50,279 births
- 1980s
1980s
43,169 births
- 1990s
1990s
40,598 births
- 2000s
2000s
26,129 births
- 2010s 12,510
2010s
12,510 births
- 2020s 3,191
2020s
3,191 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 50,279 births (26% of all-time use).
How Shane compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Shane's total volume
Shane by state
Where Shane concentrates geographically, total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 19,317 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 12,297 | 6.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 10,839 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 10,053 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 9,963 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 8,013 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 7,742 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 7,318 | 3.8% |
19,317 of 192,583 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Shane appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shane's data
- Shane's decade-level peak was the 1970s (50,279 total births); usage has since declined to 3,191 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shanes (19,317 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~92 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1933–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shane draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.