Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shae**

#1,904 most common girls' name of all time · #3,262 across all names · 21% male / 79% female · used 1951–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#1,904
Rank overall
#3,262 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
7,694
Since 2016
1,169
Peak year
1998 #922
Best rank
#922 1998
Girls Boys peak 277/yr
1960198020002020

Shae first appears in 1951. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 92 12 104 #2,058
2024 88 23 111 #2,157
2023 119 26 145 #1,729
2022 99 26 125 #1,981
2021 116 22 138 #1,762
2020 91 15 106 #2,041
2019 95 13 108 #2,022
2018 109 17 126 #1,860
2017 78 15 93 #2,347
2016 99 14 113 #2,003
2015 129 15 144 #1,657
2014 100 19 119 #1,990
2013 132 21 153 #1,631
2012 81 17 98 #2,325
2011 78 26 104 #2,376
2010 92 19 111 #2,142
2009 115 25 140 #1,852
2008 114 32 146 #1,874
2007 134 35 169 #1,657
2006 150 54 204 #1,476
2005 135 39 174 #1,529
2004 177 37 214 #1,236
2003 146 50 196 #1,379
2002 157 36 193 #1,260
2001 150 31 181 #1,292
2000 173 47 220 #1,164
1999 203 54 257 #1,011
1998 227 50 277 #922
1997 190 59 249 #1,018
1996 184 51 235 #1,018
1995 178 59 237 #1,029
1994 166 48 214 #1,087
1993 177 59 236 #1,041
1992 118 57 175 #1,397
1991 139 53 192 #1,231
1990 98 70 168 #1,562
1989 129 37 166 #1,238
1988 105 45 150 #1,362
1987 104 36 140 #1,324
1986 74 32 106 #1,611
1985 50 22 72 #2,121
1984 50 17 67 #2,037
1983 52 10 62 #1,977
1982 59 7 66 #1,841
1981 63 8 71 #1,776
1980 49 16 65 #2,110
1979 54 13 67 #1,939
1978 47 15 62 #2,035
1977 47 22 69 #2,048
1976 56 14 70 #1,721
1975 49 17 66 #1,868
1974 47 12 59 #1,869
1973 52 19 71 #1,727
1972 34 15 49 #2,261
1971 45 7 52 #1,927
1970 43 12 55 #1,981
1969 19 7 26 #3,172
1968 16 16 #3,421
1967 14 14 #3,605
1966 11 11 #4,122
1965 11 11 #4,127
1964 9 9 #4,888
1963 7 7 #5,700
1962 12 12 #3,956
1961 5 5 #7,136
1959 7 7 #5,439
1952 5 5 #6,250
1951 11 11 #3,480