# Shae (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shae/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,694 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,629 / 6,065 (79% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,391, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 78 | 2,389 |
| 2012 | 81 | 2,334 |
| 2013 | 132 | 1,631 |
| 2014 | 100 | 1,992 |
| 2015 | 129 | 1,665 |
| 2016 | 99 | 2,014 |
| 2017 | 78 | 2,351 |
| 2018 | 109 | 1,865 |
| 2019 | 95 | 2,030 |
| 2020 | 91 | 2,049 |
| 2021 | 116 | 1,766 |
| 2022 | 99 | 1,990 |
| 2023 | 119 | 1,735 |
| 2024 | 88 | 2,172 |
| 2025 | 92 | 2,061 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,970 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,448 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,592 |
| 2014 | 19 | 5,030 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,946 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,297 |
| 2017 | 15 | 6,024 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,506 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,717 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,931 |
| 2021 | 22 | 4,604 |
| 2022 | 26 | 4,169 |
| 2023 | 26 | 4,197 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,545 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7,120 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62 | 565 |
| 2012 | 66 | 549 |
| 2013 | 41 | 771 |
| 2014 | 40 | 781 |
| 2015 | 43 | 753 |
| 2016 | 34 | 903 |
| 2017 | 41 | 794 |
| 2018 | 31 | 932 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## People named Shae

- Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer and choreographer (born 1976)
- Shae D'Lyn, American actress
- Shay Haley, American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.