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How popular is the name Shane?
Births per year, rank history and how many Shanes are alive today.
Shane (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 25 in 2025, ranked 1153rd. This spelling of the name peaked in 1974, when around 1,100 babies were given the name, the 65th most popular that year. It has declined since 1974; the 2025 figure is roughly 2% of its peak. At least 29,000 babies have been named Shane in England and Wales since 1974. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Shane is one spelling of a name also recorded as Shayne; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Shane you are most likely to meet is around 51 years old. Half of all Shanes born in England and Wales are between 32 and 51, and there are at least 37,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Shane.
How many babies are named Shane each year?
Includes all spellings: Shane, Shayne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Shane spelling rank?
Where does the Shayne spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Shane most popular?
Shane peaked in 1974, when around 1,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Shane?
At least 37,000 people named Shane in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Shane?
Most living Shanes are between 32 and 51; the most common age is about 51.
Is Shane becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1974 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.