Shane

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191k
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since 1880

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13k Shayne
419k Sean
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5.1m John
<100 Enahs
4.4m Michael
72k Shaun
5.2m James
948k Ryan
279k Alex
3.6m David
4.1m William

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Origin and Meaning of Shane

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According to a user from Australia, the name Shane is of English origin and means "Friend".
A user from Ohio, United States says the name Shane is of English origin and means "Epic".
A submission from North Carolina, United States says the name Shane means "God is Gracious" and is of Irish origin.
A submission from Pennsylvania, United States says the name Shane means "Adventurous" and is of English origin.

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English form of a Northern Irish pronunciation of Irish SeÃ¡n, an equivalent of John.

A male given name.
(rare) A female given name.
A patronymic surnameâ€‹.

Notable Persons Named Shane

Shane McMahon

He holds the title Vice-Chairman of YOU On Demand Holdings Inc. and Vice-Chairmanof YOU On Demand Holdings Inc.. His career lasted from 1989 to 2009. Shane was born as the child of Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon on January 15th, 1970 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States.

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Shane Black

Shane Black is a screenwriter, actor, and film director. His ongoing career started in 1987. Shane was born on December 16th, 1961 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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Shane West

Shane West is an actor, musician, songwriter, producer, and writer. His ongoing career started in 1995. Shane was given the name Shannon Bruce Snaith on June 10th, 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Shane is also known as Shannon Snaith and Shane Wrestler.

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Shane Dawson

Shane was born on July 19th, 1988 in Long Beach, California. Shane is also known as Yaw and Shane.

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Shane MacGowan

Shane MacGowan is a punk rock, celtic punk, folk punk, celtic rock, and folk rock musician. He plays Vocals, Guitar, harmonica, banjo, bodhrán, and piano. He has been prominent since 1977. Shane was given the name Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan on December 25th, 1957.

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Shane Warne

Shane was born on September 13th, 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Shane

Paul Shane

Paul Shane was an actor and comedian. He was most active from 1972 to 2013. Paul was given the name George Frederick Speight on June 19th, 1940 in Thrybergh. He left this life on May 16th, 2013.

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Bob Shane

Bob Shane is a folk music and pop music singing and guitarist. He plays Guitar, Banjo, and Vocals. He was most prominent from 1957 to 2004. Bob was given the name Robert Castle Schoen on February 1st, 1934 in Hilo, Hawaii.

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Alex Shane

Alex Shane is a wrestler. Alex was born on November 15th, 1979 in London.

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Bobby Shane

Bobby was born on August 25th, 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri. He breathed his last breath on February 20th, 1975.

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Ryan Shane

Ryan was born on April 15th, 1994 in Falls Church, Virginia.

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Sara Shane

Sara Shane is an actress and author. Her career lasted from 1948 to 1964. Sara was given the name Elaine Sterling on May 18th, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born	Ranking
1933	6	0	6
1934	9	0	9
1935	8	0	8
1937	8	0	8
1939	5	0	5
1940	8	0	8
1941	22	5	17
1942	17	6	11
1943	16	0	16
1944	16	0	16
1945	9	0	9
1946	13	0	13
1947	25	5	20
1948	35	13	22
1949	34	7	27
1950	34	6	28
1951	50	11	39
1952	52	15	37
1953	195	13	182
1954	377	20	357
1955	321	18	303
1956	360	17	343
1957	405	12	393
1958	432	21	411
1959	514	18	496
1960	548	16	532
1961	601	19	582
1962	726	24	702
1963	865	14	851
1964	921	17	904
1965	1,047	24	1,023
1966	1,358	43	1,315
1967	2,013	41	1,972
1968	2,567	53	2,514
1969	3,622	83	3,539	#87 boy name
1970	4,549	97	4,452	#64 boy name
1971	5,208	113	5,095	#60 boy name
1972	5,444	203	5,241	#55 boy name
1973	5,933	221	5,712	#54 boy name
1974	5,813	157	5,656	#56 boy name
1975	5,317	108	5,209	#57 boy name
1976	5,199	101	5,098	#57 boy name
1977	4,958	88	4,870	#61 boy name
1978	4,563	82	4,481	#65 boy name
1979	4,574	93	4,481	#67 boy name
1980	4,437	67	4,370	#69 boy name
1981	3,796	82	3,714	#81 boy name
1982	3,600	62	3,538	#84 boy name
1983	3,467	64	3,403	#83 boy name
1984	3,391	59	3,332	#85 boy name
1985	4,635	88	4,547	#68 boy name
1986	5,010	81	4,929	#67 boy name
1987	5,379	78	5,301	#65 boy name
1988	5,231	62	5,169	#67 boy name
1989	4,922	61	4,861	#71 boy name
1990	5,343	71	5,272	#73 boy name
1991	5,195	89	5,106	#75 boy name
1992	4,906	62	4,844	#77 boy name
1993	4,498	62	4,436	#84 boy name
1994	4,138	54	4,084	#92 boy name
1995	3,687	57	3,630
1996	3,539	51	3,488
1997	3,352	35	3,317
1998	3,204	38	3,166
1999	3,281	35	3,246
2000	3,301	28	3,273
2001	3,143	27	3,116
2002	3,065	35	3,030
2003	2,834	22	2,812
2004	2,510	34	2,476
2005	2,492	33	2,459
2006	2,302	28	2,274
2007	2,271	34	2,237
2008	2,333	29	2,304
2009	2,162	33	2,129
2010	1,897	24	1,873
2011	1,661	25	1,636
2012	1,491	17	1,474
2013	1,405	11	1,394
2014	1,311	16	1,295
2015	1,227	17	1,210
2016	1,079	17	1,062
2017	927	18	909

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Popularity of Shane as a first name

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Popularity of Shane as a last name

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Shane	U.S.
█	White	85.87%	64.26%
█	African American	5.20%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	1.38%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	1.79%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	2.62%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	3.15%	16.26%

Of Last Name Shane

People with the last name Shane are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Shane

What name lists does Shane rank for?

#109 Unique Boy Names

#26 Boy Names Unique to the Rockies
How Popular is the name Shane? Shane is the 384^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Shane was the 4,796^th most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Shane have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 191,219 babies born with the first name Shane in the United States. That's more than enough people named Shane to occupy the country of Samoa with an estimated population of 186,340 (as of November 7, 2011).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Shane? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1933 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
When was Shane first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Shane is Saturday, March 21st, 1874.
What year had the most people named Shane born? The highest recorded use of the first name Shane was in 1973 with a total of 5,712 babies. That's a lot of babies named Shane!
Random Shane Factoid: According to the 1977 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Shane ranks 96^th in popularity as a baby boy's name in New York. Imagine that, 178 babies in New York have the same name as you in 1977.
Weird things about the name Shane: Your name in reverse order is Enahs. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Hnaes. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Shane? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 7,372 people with the last name Shane.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Shane? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 3 of them will have Shane as their last name.