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Shane
Pronounced /ʃeɪn/
Rank in 2024
#12,330
Born in 2024
7
Peak year
1973 · #677
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for boys:473 in 2024 (#601)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 7 girls were named Shane, about 1 in every 230,455.
- It peaked in 1973 with 221 babies, ranked #677.
- It first shows up in the records in 1941.
- 3,583 girls have been named Shane since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Shane per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 11 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 266 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,574 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,083 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 477 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 172 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Anglicized form of the Northern Irish pronunciation of Irish Seán, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Johannes, variant of Ioannes, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Juan, João, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Sean, Shaun, and Giovanni as a male name. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena as a female name.
- A male given name from Irish.
- (rare) A female given name from Irish.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ʃeɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Shane, CC BY-SA 4.0.