Shae
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Shae is a name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,033rd for boys in the UK (32 babies) and 2,051st for girls in the US (92 babies).
What does Shae mean?
Irish: spelling of Shea
A spelling of Shea, from the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha, which also gave O'Shea.
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Is Shae a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Shae has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 32 boys in the UK and 92 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Shae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,033among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 9,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were named Shae, making it the 1,033rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,054th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 70 boys. 9 girls were also named Shae in 2025 (2,856th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Shae than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Shae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 231 boys in the UK were given Shae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #238, up from #1,033 for this spelling alone.
In 1996, 56% of the babies named Shae in the UK were girls. By 2025 it was 22%, with more boys than girls since 1999.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Shae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,033 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,054 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,016 |
| 2018 | 36 | #919 |
| 2017 | 45 | #817 |
| 2016 | 39 | #884 |
| 2015 | 50 | #724 |
| 2014 | 47 | #750 |
| 2013 | 50 | #729 |
| 2012 | 70 | #572 |
| 2011 | 68 | #567 |
| 2010 | 57 | #639 |
| 2009 | 40 | #797 |
| 2008 | 53 | #657 |
| 2007 | 58 | #587 |
| 2006 | 58 | #564 |
| 2005 | 47 | #620 |
| 2004 | 29 | #822 |
| 2003 | 38 | #646 |
| 2002 | 21 | #918 |
| 2001 | 26 | #748 |
| 2000 | 40 | #548 |
| 1999 | 28 | #683 |
| 1998 | 19 | #878 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Shae in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 92 girls in the US were named Shae, making it the 2,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,034th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 227 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951. 12 boys were also named Shae in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Shae in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 477 girls in the US were given Shae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #614, up from #2,051 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 88% of the babies named Shae in the US were girls.
Shae in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #2,051 |
| 2024 | 88 | #2,150 |
| 2023 | 119 | #1,724 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,974 |
| 2021 | 116 | #1,760 |
| 2020 | 91 | #2,034 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,011 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,852 |
| 2017 | 78 | #2,338 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2015 | 129 | #1,655 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,982 |
| 2013 | 132 | #1,624 |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,315 |
| 2011 | 78 | #2,369 |
| 2010 | 92 | #2,136 |
| 2009 | 115 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,865 |
| 2007 | 134 | #1,655 |
| 2006 | 150 | #1,473 |
| 2005 | 135 | #1,525 |
| 2004 | 177 | #1,235 |
| 2003 | 146 | #1,374 |
| 2002 | 157 | #1,257 |
| 2001 | 150 | #1,290 |
| 2000 | 173 | #1,160 |
| 1999 | 203 | #1,008 |
| 1998 | 227 | #920 |
| 1997 | 190 | #1,012 |
| 1996 | 184 | #1,013 |
| 1995 | 178 | #1,020 |
| 1994 | 166 | #1,081 |
| 1993 | 177 | #1,039 |
| 1992 | 118 | #1,389 |
| 1991 | 139 | #1,225 |
| 1990 | 98 | #1,553 |
| 1989 | 129 | #1,231 |
| 1988 | 105 | #1,353 |
| 1987 | 104 | #1,317 |
| 1986 | 74 | #1,601 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,099 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,017 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 59 | #1,822 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,767 |
| 1980 | 49 | #2,096 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,714 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,854 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,848 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,714 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,222 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,906 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,952 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
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