How rare is the name Shae?

7,128 people in the United States have the first name Shae, about 1 in 42,373. It ranks #3,094 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SHAE

#3,094

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,128
About
1 in 42,373
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,128 people named Shae, 75% reported their origin as White, 8.4% as Black and 6.4% as two or more races. 79.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shae peaked in 1998, when 277 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19512025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
277
In 2025*
104 ▼62%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 7,694 babies have been given the name since 1951. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Shae by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,582. The largest share of babies named Shae, 38.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#10,39823
1960s#6,108111
1970s#2,584620
1980s#2,224965
1990s#1,5822,240
2000s#2,1751,837
2010s#3,2031,169
2020s#3,117729
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–809.9%
Millennials 1981–9630.6%
Generation Z 1997–1238.1%
2013 and later20.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Shae is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shae has been most common in Utah (5.2×), Colorado (2.1×), and Texas (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.46×).

3,185 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Shae

#3,091 Ward · 7,136#3,093 Joellen · 7,130#3,095 Jacquelin · 7,127#3,096 Sal · 7,124

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shae, most common first.

#1,986 Shay · 13,892#5,869 Shai · 2,822#6,294 Shaye · 2,562#7,764 Sha · 1,930#8,392 Shah · 1,729#8,592 Shaw · 1,683#9,792 Shao · 1,399#20,433 Shwe · 506

Also a last name

As a last name, Shae ranks #81,574 of 156,621, with 250 people. See Shae as a last name

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