Shane — #601 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shane

The Social Security Administration has registered 192,143 babies named Shane between 1933 and 2024, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shane currently holds the #601 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 5,711 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shane performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 50,281 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Shane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19,271 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shane in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shane 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 192,143 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.