How Many People Are Named Shae?
people named Shae are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 45,450 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,694 babies named Shae in Social Security records from 1951 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
277 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine variant of SHEA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Shae in English. Counting Shae and these spellings together, about 10,307 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shae, 79.1% were girls and 20.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shae fell from 93.7% in the 1960s to 83% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shae alive today is about 25 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shae first appears in the records in 1951 and was given most often in 1998, to 277 babies. In 2025, 104 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1951 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shae has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #921, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #2,061. Among boys, its best rank was #1,329, in 1990.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,061 | #7,116 |
| Best rank | #921 (1998) | #1,329 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,106 in the 1990s | #1,662 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shae alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shae were born in California than in any other state: about 632 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shae was given 3.9 times as often in Utah, 1.7 times in Colorado and 1.6 times in Illinois.
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