Shae
Shae is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 88 births. Its best rank was 922nd, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 880.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1998227 births
- Best rank
- #922in 1998
- Since 1951
- 7,589people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,972 girls have been named Shae in the United States since 1951, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 227 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 1990s alone account for 28%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Shae is used for both sexes: 21% of its bearers are boys (1,617), most of them born around 1990.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Shae was the 922nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Shae
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Radhikapeak 2000
- Sarinapeak 1996
- Acaciapeak 2002
- Lorynpeak 1999
- Sheapeak 2005
- Passionpeak 1992
- Desirepeak 2008
- Tianapeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.