Shae

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 26 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
26
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1124
26 babies

Shae by the numbers

In 2025, 26 babies in England and Wales were named Shae. In the US, 91 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 227 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Shae

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shae. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Shayhawk-like or gift; a form of Séaghdha73 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shaigift100 in the US (2017)
  • Shahking or ruler; from Old Persian khshayathiya31 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shawthicket or small wood28 in the US (2017)
  • Shadeshadow; shade; darkness20 in the US (2017)
  • Shan15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Shae

Names that are said the same way as Shae, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Shahiroyal; kingly3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Shae

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