Shane

“God is gracious” — Hebrew via Irish origin

Boy's name · #636 in the US (2025) · Retro

Shane's best rank, #54, came in 1973; it has stepped well back to #636 today. Roughly 193,000 boys have been named Shane since 1933. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the West in the 1940s and 1950s, strongest in the Northeast today.

Around the world: about 1 in 700 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 920 boys in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 4,700 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Shanes

Shane Long — Irish association football player
Shane Dawson — American Internet personality (born 1988)
Shane Warne — Australian cricketer (1969–2022)
Shane West — American actor, musician and songwriter
Shane Black — American actor, screenwriter and film director

In stories & tradition

Shane Walsh — The Walking Dead
Shane Gray — Camp Rock · Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
Shane Hollander — Heated Rivalry · Game Changers

What Shanes become

Among 1,075 notable people named Shane:

Sports figures appear 2.74× more often than among typical names — e.g. Shane Long, Irish association football player.

Similar names: Zane · Troy · Shawn · Dane · Keith · Scott

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