Shawn
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #681 for boys in 2025, 399 births
Given to boys 90.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 11,451 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 32 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 306,542since 1931
Shawn over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #681 | 399 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #636 | 440 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #633 | 438 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #566 | 523 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #501 | 587 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #451 | 659 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #425 | 723 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #390 | 814 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #387 | 830 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #356 | 946 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #351 | 962 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | #322 | 1,068 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #307 | 1,122 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 | #273 | 1,301 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #247 | 1,431 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | #236 | 1,476 |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 | #209 | 1,809 |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 | #193 | 2,067 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | #175 | 2,349 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | #168 | 2,476 |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 | #174 | 2,372 |
| 2004 | #3,689 | 39 | #169 | 2,409 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #156 | 2,576 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | #152 | 2,618 |
| 2001 | #3,198 | 43 | #151 | 2,628 |
| 2000 | #2,403 | 64 | #135 | 2,894 |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 | #117 | 3,100 |
| 1998 | #2,221 | 64 | #113 | 3,257 |
| 1997 | #1,864 | 79 | #109 | 3,449 |
| 1996 | #1,930 | 74 | #111 | 3,505 |
| 1995 | #1,576 | 96 | #99 | 3,824 |
| 1994 | #1,476 | 107 | #85 | 4,245 |
| 1993 | #1,397 | 116 | #77 | 4,814 |
| 1992 | #1,216 | 143 | #71 | 5,153 |
| 1991 | #1,077 | 168 | #71 | 5,415 |
| 1990 | #1,046 | 171 | #69 | 5,721 |
| 1989 | #1,100 | 152 | #65 | 5,479 |
| 1988 | #899 | 194 | #61 | 5,893 |
| 1987 | #852 | 201 | #59 | 6,202 |
| 1986 | #710 | 252 | #55 | 7,018 |
| 1985 | #596 | 321 | #55 | 6,982 |
| 1984 | #650 | 268 | #56 | 6,049 |
| 1983 | #621 | 279 | #53 | 6,359 |
| 1982 | #587 | 311 | #52 | 6,842 |
| 1981 | #550 | 338 | #49 | 7,076 |
| 1980 | #512 | 388 | #47 | 7,698 |
| 1979 | #444 | 461 | #43 | 7,910 |
| 1978 | #391 | 534 | #39 | 9,289 |
| 1977 | #340 | 667 | #37 | 9,865 |
| 1976 | #297 | 772 | #34 | 10,108 |
| 1975 | #254 | 963 | #31 | 10,682 |
| 1974 | #200 | 1,271 | #30 | 11,438 |
| 1973 | #200 | 1,285 | #27 | 11,451 |
| 1972 | #184 | 1,575 | #28 | 11,277 |
| 1971 | #168 | 1,863 | #28 | 12,825 |
| 1970 | #168 | 1,971 | #34 | 10,945 |
| 1969 | #177 | 1,823 | #41 | 8,267 |
| 1968 | #184 | 1,751 | #43 | 7,478 |
| 1967 | #200 | 1,597 | #51 | 6,138 |
| 1966 | #209 | 1,492 | #54 | 5,725 |
| 1965 | #224 | 1,449 | #69 | 4,924 |
| 1964 | #232 | 1,402 | #88 | 4,403 |
| 1963 | #287 | 1,016 | #108 | 3,461 |
| 1962 | #310 | 902 | #124 | 2,866 |
| 1961 | #305 | 900 | #143 | 2,488 |
| 1960 | #349 | 755 | #163 | 2,045 |
| 1959 | #343 | 767 | #161 | 1,976 |
| 1958 | #342 | 747 | #223 | 1,183 |
| 1957 | #343 | 697 | #251 | 910 |
| 1956 | #377 | 547 | #311 | 569 |
| 1955 | #453 | 396 | #311 | 548 |
| 1954 | #504 | 310 | #344 | 429 |
| 1953 | #688 | 172 | #370 | 343 |
| 1952 | #836 | 120 | #507 | 189 |
| 1951 | #803 | 123 | #590 | 138 |
| 1950 | #803 | 117 | #506 | 175 |
| 1949 | #1,154 | 62 | #590 | 132 |
| 1948 | #955 | 83 | #560 | 143 |
| 1947 | #1,510 | 39 | #923 | 57 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #1,343 | 27 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #3,549 | 5 |
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| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Shawn! It came in at #3,390, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1932–1936, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Shawn is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#89 · 1 in 300
- Pennsylvania#93 · 1 in 412
- New York#106 · 1 in 516
- Kentucky#111 · 1 in 435
- Delaware#113 · 1 in 452
Best ever in a state: #8 in Montana, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #89 | 30 | 1 in 300 |
| Pennsylvania | #93 | 155 | 1 in 412 |
| New York | #106 | 210 | 1 in 516 |
| Kentucky | #111 | 54 | 1 in 435 |
| Delaware | #113 | 9 | 1 in 452 |
| Louisiana | #115 | 52 | 1 in 464 |
| New Jersey | #118 | 76 | 1 in 618 |
| Ohio | #122 | 122 | 1 in 537 |
| Virginia | #122 | 76 | 1 in 567 |
| Maryland | #123 | 54 | 1 in 533 |
| Rhode Island | #124 | 10 | 1 in 495 |
| Connecticut | #128 | 29 | 1 in 579 |
| Maine | #133 | 11 | 1 in 506 |
| Florida | #139 | 149 | 1 in 664 |
| Arkansas | #143 | 26 | 1 in 579 |
| Missouri | #146 | 54 | 1 in 630 |
| Alaska | #148 | 7 | 1 in 474 |
| Massachusetts | #148 | 42 | 1 in 782 |
| South Carolina | #148 | 32 | 1 in 663 |
| Nebraska | #151 | 20 | 1 in 515 |
| Tennessee | #161 | 48 | 1 in 767 |
| Georgia | #162 | 81 | 1 in 737 |
| North Carolina | #168 | 68 | 1 in 769 |
| Idaho | #171 | 14 | 1 in 614 |
| Wisconsin | #173 | 37 | 1 in 792 |
| Alabama | #177 | 28 | 1 in 847 |
| North Dakota | #182 | 5 | 1 in 705 |
| Indiana | #183 | 47 | 1 in 814 |
| Iowa | #183 | 21 | 1 in 782 |
| Oklahoma | #183 | 27 | 1 in 764 |
| Michigan | #184 | 61 | 1 in 897 |
| New Mexico | #184 | 15 | 1 in 727 |
| Arizona | #202 | 50 | 1 in 849 |
| Mississippi | #202 | 16 | 1 in 922 |
| Minnesota | #208 | 29 | 1 in 1,033 |
| New Hampshire | #210 | 5 | 1 in 1,119 |
| South Dakota | #210 | 5 | 1 in 835 |
| Montana | #213 | 5 | 1 in 788 |
| Illinois | #214 | 72 | 1 in 1,072 |
| District of Columbia | #217 | 5 | 1 in 877 |
| Hawaii | #226 | 6 | 1 in 797 |
| California | #228 | 218 | 1 in 1,166 |
| Colorado | #232 | 30 | 1 in 999 |
| Nevada | #232 | 14 | 1 in 1,047 |
| Texas | #232 | 159 | 1 in 1,139 |
| Kansas | #234 | 16 | 1 in 1,027 |
| Utah | #239 | 20 | 1 in 1,119 |
| Washington | #242 | 31 | 1 in 1,120 |
| Oregon | #247 | 18 | 1 in 1,080 |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shawn
- 45 spots since 2024 (#636 → #681)
- 230 spots since 2020 (#451 → #681)
- 330 spots since 2015 (#351 → #681)
- Biggest jump: 586 spots in 1947 (#1,509 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 84 spots in 1951 (#506 → #590)
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1973 at #27 (11,451 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1964–1995
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1947–2025
- Highest: 1 in 136 boys born in 1973 were named Shawn (0.73%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,281 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 34.5% of all boys named Shawn (105,790) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1936, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 40 | #2,159 (1939) | #2,821 |
| 1940s | 459 | #560 (1948) | #1,392 |
| 1950s | 6,460 | #161 (1959) | #357 |
| 1960s | 47,795 | #41 (1969) | #88 |
| 1970s | 105,790 | #27 (1973) | #33 |
| 1980s | 65,598 | #47 (1980) | #55 |
| 1990s | 42,483 | #69 (1990) | #92 |
| 2000s | 24,198 | #135 (2000) | #168 |
| 2010s | 10,673 | #236 (2010) | #329 |
| 2020s | 3,046 | #451 (2020) | #578 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shawn in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 57,745 of them was named Shawn, which outranked 77.8% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,195Yisel33
- #4,195Zeta33
- #4,195Zhane33
- #4,267Shawn32
- #4,267Aarushi32
- #4,267Acadia32
- #4,267Akiya32
- #4,373Adalee31
- #4,373Adreana31
- #4,373Aissatou31
Tied with 105 names at #4,267; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 842 of them was named Shawn, which outranked 98.7% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.