NameTides

Shane

Shane was the #635 boys' name in the US in 2025 (439 babies), and #1,153 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Shane as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Shane as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Shane as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#635 (439)#1,153 (25)—#212 (9)#152 (34)#885 (29)—
2024#600 (475)#857 (37)#478 (6)#216 (9)#150 (34)#822 (31)—
2023#555 (528)#754 (44)#400 (8)#181 (12)#107 (54)#797 (31)—
2022#511 (582)#878 (35)—#177 (12)#130 (46)#657 (40)—
2021#493 (598)#771 (43)#316 (12)#166 (14)#88 (72)#739 (36)—
2020#507 (569)#921 (31)#599 (4)#180 (12)#87 (72)#534 (49)—
2019#422 (739)#642 (55)#431 (7)#185 (12)#111 (62)#464 (61)—
2018#372 (875)#619 (58)#704 (3)#135 (18)#92 (71)#450 (62)—
2017#359 (916)#661 (53)#406 (8)#194 (11)#84 (86)#421 (70)—
2016#325 (1,068)#493 (82)#375 (9)#112 (27)#64 (119)#485 (59)—
2015#295 (1,217)#506 (76)#273 (15)#133 (22)#71 (109)#411 (74)—
2014#277 (1,298)#449 (90)#276 (15)#110 (28)#58 (141)#354 (90)—
2013#257 (1,398)#359 (113)#316 (12)#132 (20)#55 (151)#351 (84)—
2012#244 (1,480)#363 (118)#282 (13)#109 (28)#47 (176)#330 (94)—
2011#213 (1,643)#279 (159)#261 (15)#94 (33)#43 (209)#285 (110)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1973 at #54.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1933.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 700common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Shane is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,000 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shane by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #457ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #322NYMassachusetts: #413MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #427PANew Jersey: #335NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #627CAUtah: #703UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #845TXFlorida: #809FL
Shane (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#55921

Shane (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShaneCanadaGirls#3,4785
ShaneCanadaBoys#88529
ShaneEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ShaneEngland & WalesBoys#1,15325
ShaneIrelandBoys#15234
ShaneNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
ShaneNSWBoys—too few
ShaneScotlandGirls—too few
ShaneScotlandBoys—too few
ShaneUSGirls—too few
ShaneUSBoys#635439