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Shae

#2,061 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Shea

Shae has been given to 7,694 babies in the U.S. since 1951. In 2025 it ranked #2,061 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 227 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.

Babies named Shae, 2025

1 in 36,000

Shae over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Shae over time

In 2025, Shae went to 88% girls and 12% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Shae: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Shea

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shae means

Shae is a variant of Shea.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Shea.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,065 girls were recorded with the name Shae between 1951 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 227 in 1998; its best national rank was #921 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,049 in 2020 to #2,061 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,665 in 2015 to #2,061 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,629 boys were recorded with the name Shae between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 70 in 1990; its best national rank was #1,329 in 1990.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,927 in 2020 to #7,116 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,942 in 2015 to #7,116 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Shae?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 36,000
92 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 17,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,061
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
24,978 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shae sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 24,978 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shae. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shaes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shae was born before 2000 — so the typical Shae is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
27.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
47.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
6,065
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Choose a decade

1990s — 27.7% of all recorded uses (1,680).

Is Shae rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+111
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−12
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−396
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
40.5%
Peak was 1998 (227)
Years since peak
27
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#921
1998

Spellings of Shae

Shae is not the most common spelling — Sue is, with 24.0% against Shae's 1.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Shae is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Shae was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 5,882 girls, against 1 in 17,935 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

017 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 5,882
  2. 2Massachusetts1 in 5,882
  3. 3Minnesota1 in 8,333
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 10,000
  5. 5New Jersey1 in 12,500
  6. 6New York1 in 12,500
  7. 7Nebraska1 in 14,286
  8. 8California1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Shae is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Shae was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 335,867 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4Ohio1 in —
  5. 5Oklahoma1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —
  8. 8Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shae has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shae around the world

Where Shae ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1998–2025
    #780
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2015–2024
    #898
    in 2024
  • France
    2008–2025
    #7,336
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,854
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1957–2012
    #563
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Shae

People whose public names include Shae, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Shae by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,061
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 12
Best rank ever
#921
1998
Peak year
1998
227 that year
First recorded
1951
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,065
Count in 2025
92

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,116
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,189
Best rank ever
#1,329
1990
Peak year
1990
70 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,629
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Shae

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ShaySharaShaniShaiSharlaShayeShastaShanaeShailaShainaShayneShaniyaShanaShanelShayleeShawnShaniaShaynaShanellShayaShaneShamyaShakiraShari

Names with a curve like Shae

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Shae, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Shae

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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