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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

ShaneIn Hebrew: שיין · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Shane (Hebrew: שיין) is a unisex name of international origin. 200 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 2019, with 10 babies.

People in Israel
200
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
2019
10 babies
USA, 2025
439
rank #635

Writing and saying Shane

In Hebrew letters the name is שיין, read right to left. Shane is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Shane by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Shane: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Shane in English-speaking countries

Shane in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025439#6351973 (5,710)
United Kingdom202534#9861997 (882)
England and Wales202525#1,1531996 (846)
Northern Ireland20259#2121997 (77)
Ireland202534#1471988 (830)
British Columbia20235#5811973 (153)
Alberta20254#9731986 (124)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Shane has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Shane

How do you write Shane in Hebrew?

Shane is written שיין in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Shane?

200 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שיין: 99 women and 101 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Shane a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 50% of the people named שיין are women and 51% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Shane used outside Israel?

The name Shane appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 439 boys were given it in 2025 (#635), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 34 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.