Masculine dossier · first seen 1933

Shane

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shane
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 91.7% from peak

Peak era

1973

Peak rank proxy

5,711

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1933Peak 19732024

Peak year

1973

Decline from peak

91.7%

2024

473

All-time

192,143

Shane once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1973, when 5,711 boys were named Shane.

In 2024, only 473 boys were given the name.

Down 91.7% from its peak.

All told, about 192,143 Americans have been named Shane and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1933.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.7% from peak

In 1973:5,711 boys named Shane

In 2024:473 boys named Shane

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