Shae
#2,051 for girls in 2025, 92 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 78.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 227 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,065since 1951
Shae over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,051 | 92 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #2,150 | 88 | #4,433 | 23 |
| 2023 | #1,724 | 119 | #4,112 | 26 |
| 2022 | #1,974 | 99 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #1,760 | 116 | #4,494 | 22 |
| 2020 | #2,034 | 91 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #2,011 | 95 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #1,852 | 109 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #2,338 | 78 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #1,996 | 99 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #1,655 | 129 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #1,982 | 100 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #1,624 | 132 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #2,315 | 81 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #2,369 | 78 | #3,885 | 26 |
| 2010 | #2,136 | 92 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #1,848 | 115 | #4,035 | 25 |
| 2008 | #1,865 | 114 | #3,421 | 32 |
| 2007 | #1,655 | 134 | #3,188 | 35 |
| 2006 | #1,473 | 150 | #2,310 | 54 |
| 2005 | #1,525 | 135 | #2,752 | 39 |
| 2004 | #1,236 | 177 | #2,788 | 37 |
| 2003 | #1,375 | 146 | #2,180 | 50 |
| 2002 | #1,258 | 157 | #2,632 | 36 |
| 2001 | #1,291 | 150 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #1,162 | 173 | #2,136 | 47 |
| 1999 | #1,010 | 203 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | #921 | 227 | #1,931 | 50 |
| 1997 | #1,013 | 190 | #1,672 | 59 |
| 1996 | #1,015 | 184 | #1,785 | 51 |
| 1995 | #1,023 | 178 | #1,577 | 59 |
| 1994 | #1,083 | 166 | #1,795 | 48 |
| 1993 | #1,041 | 177 | #1,539 | 59 |
| 1992 | #1,392 | 118 | #1,546 | 57 |
| 1991 | #1,229 | 139 | #1,589 | 53 |
| 1990 | #1,557 | 98 | #1,326 | 70 |
| 1989 | #1,234 | 129 | #1,953 | 37 |
| 1988 | #1,354 | 105 | #1,592 | 45 |
| 1987 | #1,318 | 104 | #1,793 | 36 |
| 1986 | #1,602 | 74 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #2,100 | 50 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #2,018 | 50 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #1,961 | 52 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #1,822 | 59 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #1,767 | 63 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #2,096 | 49 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 | #2,131 | 22 |
| 1976 | #1,714 | 56 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #1,854 | 49 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #1,714 | 52 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
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| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
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| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shae! It came in at #3,284, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shae is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#424 · 1 in 1,666
- Iowa#462 · 1 in 2,279
- Arkansas#553 · 1 in 2,461
- Utah#686 · 1 in 3,680
- Louisiana#756 · 1 in 3,937
Best ever in a state: #150 in Montana, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Mexico | #424 | 5 | 1 in 1,666 |
| Iowa | #462 | 6 | 1 in 2,279 |
| Arkansas | #553 | 5 | 1 in 2,461 |
| Utah | #686 | 5 | 1 in 3,680 |
| Louisiana | #756 | 5 | 1 in 3,937 |
| Colorado | #879 | 5 | 1 in 4,945 |
| Michigan | #1,085 | 6 | 1 in 7,893 |
| Virginia | #1,087 | 5 | 1 in 7,421 |
| Ohio | #1,178 | 6 | 1 in 9,547 |
| Georgia | #1,501 | 5 | 1 in 10,279 |
| Florida | #1,528 | 7 | 1 in 12,244 |
| New York | #1,854 | 6 | 1 in 15,847 |
| California | #2,050 | 11 | 1 in 20,947 |
| Texas | #2,580 | 6 | 1 in 26,767 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shae
- 99 spots since 2024 (#2,150 → #2,051)
- 17 spots since 2020 (#2,034 → #2,051)
- 396 spots since 2015 (#1,655 → #2,051)
- Biggest jump: 92 spots in 1998 (#1,013 → #921)
- Biggest drop: 89 spots in 1999 (#921 → #1,010)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1998 at #921 (227 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1998
- Highest: 1 in 7,784 girls born in 1998 were named Shae (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,470 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 27.7% of all girls named Shae (1,680) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 23 | #3,284 (1951) | #4,626 |
| 1960s | 104 | #3,102 (1969) | #4,233 |
| 1970s | 474 | #1,714 (1976) | #1,917 |
| 1980s | 735 | #1,234 (1989) | #1,727 |
| 1990s | 1,680 | #921 (1998) | #1,128 |
| 2000s | 1,451 | #1,162 (2000) | #1,469 |
| 2010s | 993 | #1,624 (2013) | #2,028 |
| 2020s | 605 | #1,724 (2023) | #1,949 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shae in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 13,688 of them was named Shae, which outranked 92.1% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,519Misty136
- #1,519Rosalinda136
- #1,519Zaira136
- #1,525Shae135
- #1,525Ayah135
- #1,525Betty135
- #1,525Cydney135
- #1,533Alysia134
- #1,533Camden134
- #1,533Camdyn134
Tied with 7 names at #1,525; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 51,213 of them was named Shae, which outranked 79.4% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,701Ulisses40
- #2,701Vishnu40
- #2,701Zackariah40
- #2,752Shae39
- #2,752Abhishek39
- #2,752Adon39
- #2,752Aziz39
- #2,803Alfonzo38
- #2,803Amadou38
- #2,803Antonino38
Tied with 50 names at #2,752; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.