Shanae
Shanae is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 572nd, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1991409 births
- Best rank
- #572in 1991
- Since 1967
- 3,464people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,464 girls have been named Shanae in the United States since 1967, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 409 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 409 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 44%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1991, its biggest year
Shanae was the 572nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Shanae
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shanaypeak 1992
- Shanisepeak 1992
- Shaquanapeak 1991
- Porshapeak 1989
- Shaneapeak 1991
- Brittnypeak 1990
- Ieshiapeak 1991
- Chelsiepeak 1992
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.