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Boys' name · peaked in 1973

Shane name popularity since 1925

196,166 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Shane (1.8% girls, 98.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1987 or earlier, so the typical Shane is about 39 years old in 2026. Shane peaked in 1973 as the #54 name for boys, and it ranked #636 in 2025.

US babies since 1925
196,166
Named Shane, 1925–2025
Peak year
1973
#54 for boys that year
Typical age
About 39
Median birth year 1987
In 2025
#636
for boys in 2025 (439 babies)
Girls / boys
98.2% boys
3,583 girls · 192,583 boys
Most popular in
Hawaii
2.86× its national share

Peak year is the year Shane made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Shane births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Shane per year, 1925–2025

1973 was the biggest year for Shane both by count and as a share of all babies.

  • Fastest rise: Between 1964 and 1969, Shane became 4.4× more common, from 1 in 2,210 baby boys to 1 in 506.
  • Steepest fall: Between 2015 and 2020, its share of baby boys fell by 48%, from 1 in 1,570 to 1 in 3,030.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Shane's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Shane.

Decade by decade

Babies named Shane in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 00 –
1930s 036 #2,913
1940s 36159 #2,556
1950s 1512,589 #420
1960s 33413,923 #228
1970s 1,26350,279 #57
1980s 70443,169 #68
1990s 55440,598 #103
2000s 30326,129 #166
2010s 17512,510 #295
2020–25 633,191 #636

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

36.1% of babies named Shane from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:

Shane by generation Silent Generation born 1928–45 0.1% Baby Boomers born 1946–64 3.3% Gen X born 1965–80 33.9% Millennials born 1981–96 36.1% Gen Z born 1997–2012 21.1% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 5.5%

Where Shane is most popular

The index compares Shane's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Shane.

StateIndexBabies
Hawaii2.86×1,741
Montana2.70×1,539
Wyoming2.60×683
Alaska2.42×701
Idaho2.26×1,750

Names with a similar story

Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Shane's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Shane.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Shane (1973).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data