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Is Shane a Male or Female Name?

Shane is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shane globally is 97.5% males and 2.5% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Saudi Arabia with 51.6%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shane in percentages: Globally: 97.5% males, 2.5% females, United States: 99.5% males, 0.5% females, United Kingdom: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Ireland: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Canada: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, South Africa: 97.2% males, 2.8% females, Philippines: 68.3% males, 31.7% females, New Zealand: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, India: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, Jamaica: 98.6% males, 1.4% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shane are 45-54 years old, making up 30.2% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shane in each age group: 18-24: 8.7%, 25-34: 17.8%, 35-44: 20.6%, 45-54: 30.2%, 55-64: 16.6%, 65+: 6.1%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shane is Ireland with 0.5003% of the population. Following is Australia and New Zealand.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Shane measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shane year over year: 1956: 0.0042‰, 1957: 0.0045‰, 1958: 0.0055‰, 1959: 0.0051‰, 1960: 0.0056‰, 1961: 0.0071‰, 1962: 0.0087‰, 1963: 0.0076‰, 1964: 0.0078‰, 1965: 0.0087‰, 1966: 0.0086‰, 1967: 0.0129‰, 1968: 0.0134‰, 1969: 0.017‰, 1970: 0.016‰, 1971: 0.0222‰, 1972: 0.021‰, 1973: 0.0226‰, 1974: 0.0222‰, 1975: 0.0192‰, 1976: 0.0183‰, 1977: 0.0187‰, 1978: 0.0164‰, 1979: 0.0154‰, 1980: 0.0128‰, 1981: 0.0135‰, 1982: 0.0118‰, 1983: 0.013‰, 1984: 0.012‰, 1985: 0.0125‰, 1986: 0.0125‰, 1987: 0.0149‰, 1988: 0.0137‰, 1989: 0.0114‰, 1990: 0.0101‰, 1991: 0.0119‰, 1992: 0.0132‰, 1993: 0.013‰, 1994: 0.0118‰, 1995: 0.0097‰, 1996: 0.0081‰, 1997: 0.0081‰, 1998: 0.0065‰, 1999: 0.005‰, 2000: 0.0043‰, 2001: 0.0182‰

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