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Shane

#190 most common boys' name of all time · #398 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1933–2025

Rank among boys
#190
Rank overall
#398 of 105,966
First appeared
1933
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
196,166
Since 2016
6,917
Peak year
1973 #54
Best rank
#54 1973
Girls Boys peak 5,931/yr
19401960198020002020

Shane first appears in 1933. 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 439 439 #635
2024 7 475 482 #601
2023 11 528 539 #555
2022 10 582 592 #511
2021 20 598 618 #494
2020 15 569 584 #507
2019 13 739 752 #423
2018 17 875 892 #372
2017 18 916 934 #359
2016 17 1,068 1,085 #325
2015 17 1,217 1,234 #295
2014 16 1,298 1,314 #277
2013 11 1,398 1,409 #257
2012 17 1,480 1,497 #244
2011 25 1,643 1,668 #213
2010 24 1,876 1,900 #198
2009 33 2,132 2,165 #178
2008 29 2,307 2,336 #174
2007 34 2,241 2,275 #184
2006 28 2,277 2,305 #179
2005 33 2,459 2,492 #166
2004 34 2,476 2,510 #165
2003 22 2,816 2,838 #144
2002 35 3,030 3,065 #130
2001 27 3,116 3,143 #128
2000 28 3,275 3,303 #116
1999 35 3,247 3,282 #110
1998 38 3,166 3,204 #118
1997 35 3,317 3,352 #114
1996 51 3,488 3,539 #112
1995 57 3,630 3,687 #103
1994 54 4,085 4,139 #92
1993 62 4,438 4,500 #84
1992 62 4,847 4,909 #77
1991 89 5,106 5,195 #75
1990 71 5,274 5,345 #73
1989 61 4,860 4,921 #71
1988 62 5,173 5,235 #67
1987 78 5,305 5,383 #65
1986 81 4,929 5,010 #67
1985 88 4,549 4,637 #68
1984 59 3,335 3,394 #85
1983 64 3,404 3,468 #84
1982 62 3,539 3,601 #84
1981 82 3,710 3,792 #81
1980 67 4,365 4,432 #69
1979 93 4,482 4,575 #67
1978 82 4,480 4,562 #65
1977 88 4,868 4,956 #61
1976 101 5,095 5,196 #57
1975 108 5,209 5,317 #57
1974 157 5,655 5,812 #56
1973 221 5,710 5,931 #54
1972 203 5,236 5,439 #55
1971 113 5,093 5,206 #60
1970 97 4,451 4,548 #64
1969 83 3,531 3,614 #87
1968 53 2,513 2,566 #120
1967 41 1,967 2,008 #145
1966 43 1,315 1,358 #186
1965 23 1,025 1,048 #228
1964 18 903 921 #256
1963 14 851 865 #263
1962 24 704 728 #289
1961 19 582 601 #325
1960 16 532 548 #337
1959 18 496 514 #351
1958 21 411 432 #386
1957 12 390 402 #387
1956 17 346 363 #409
1955 18 305 323 #420
1954 20 354 374 #377
1953 13 184 197 #524
1952 15 37 52 #1,226
1951 11 38 49 #1,194
1950 6 28 34 #1,393
1949 7 27 34 #1,432
1948 13 22 35 #1,609
1947 5 20 25 #1,731
1946 13 13 #2,135
1945 9 9 #2,566
1944 16 16 #1,808
1943 16 16 #1,907
1942 6 11 17 #2,384
1941 5 17 22 #1,758
1940 8 8 #2,865
1939 5 5 #3,934
1937 8 8 #2,902
1935 8 8 #2,946
1934 9 9 #2,740
1933 6 6 #3,640