Meaning and history
Anglicized form of Seán, it came into general use in America after the release of the 1953 western film Shane.
20062006: 2,277 births, rank #179
2007: 2,241 births, rank #184
2008: 2,307 births, rank #174
2009: 2,132 births, rank #178
2010: 1,876 births, rank #197
20112011: 1,643 births, rank #213
2012: 1,480 births, rank #244
2013: 1,398 births, rank #257
2014: 1,298 births, rank #277
2015: 1,217 births, rank #295
20162016: 1,068 births, rank #325
2017: 916 births, rank #359
2018: 875 births, rank #372
2019: 739 births, rank #422
2020: 569 births, rank #507
20212021: 598 births, rank #493
2022: 582 births, rank #511
2023: 528 births, rank #555
2024: 475 births, rank #600
20252025: 439 births, rank #635
Shane moved from #602 to #636 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1973, with 5,710 births.