Shae is a distinctive choice, ranked #1124 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Shae in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1124
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About the Name Shae
Shae is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 720 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #607 in 1998 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Shae is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Shae in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Shae
Shae Sloane — Shae Sloane is a retired professional Australian rules footballer, playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.
Shae Lillywhite — Shae Lillywhite is an infielder with the Australia women's national baseball team and is the Australia's most capped women's playing having competed at eight consecutive Women's Baseball World Cups from 2004 to 2018.
Shae DeTar — Shae Acopian DeTar is an American fine art photographer and former model, based in Los Angeles.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Shae
Unlikely. With around 26 UK babies named Shae per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Shae in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Shae has been fairly steady, ranked #1,124 in 2025 against #1,111 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #515 in 2000.
Shae is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Shae include: Shae Sloane, Shae Lillywhite and Shae DeTar. Short summaries for each appear below.
Shae does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Shaes in the wild.
26
UK babies named Shae (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↓ 13 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Shae
Almost certainly the only Shae in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Shae
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Shae Lillywhite is an infielder with the Australia women's national baseball team and is the Australia's most capped women's playing having competed at eight consecutive Women's Baseball World Cups from 2004 to 2018.