girls:
5.9k births since 1951
#2167 (62nd percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1969
#3077 (33rd percentile)
overall:
7.5k births since 1951
#3121 (60th percentile)
The name Shae is the #3,121 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,477 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 59.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 59.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,167 (62.1% percentile) for all time with 5,883 births since 1951. For boys, it ranks #3,077 (32.9% percentile) for all time with 1,594 births since 1969.
Shae first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (1951 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Shae is available in 66 out of the 73 years between 1951 and 2023 (66 years for girls and 55 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shae has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 81.9% of babies named Shae were girls.
For girls, Shae reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 25.2% percentile (ranked #654) with 117 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 117 births per million (ranked 25.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Shae ranks #834 for girls (11.9% percentile) with 67 births per million, which is 57.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Shae reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 8.5% percentile (ranked #704) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 33 births per million (ranked 8.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shae ranks #890 for boys (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 43.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shae".
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