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Shane
Pronounced /ʃeɪn/
Rank in 2024
#601
Born in 2024
473
Peak year
1973 · #54
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for girls:7 in 2024 (#12,330)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 473 boys were named Shane, about 1 in every 3,626.
- It peaked in 1973 with 5,711 babies, ranked #54.
- It first shows up in the records in 1933.
- 192,143 boys 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
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 2.4Gen X1965–80
- 2.3Millennials1981–96
- 1.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 113 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,243 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen X: 64,999 babies, 2.39 per 1,000. Millennials: 69,677 babies, 2.29 per 1,000. Gen Z: 40,857 babies, 1.30 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10,254 babies, 0.47 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.