Shahan
#9,305 most common boys' name of all time · #23,504 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1981–2025
Rank among boys
#9,305
Rank overall
#23,504 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
321
Since 2016
128
Peak year
2014 #5,373
Best rank
#5,373 2014
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Shahan first appears in 1981. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,702 |
| 2024 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,618 |
| 2023 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,447 |
| 2022 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,448 |
| 2021 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,174 |
| 2020 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,206 |
| 2019 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,936 |
| 2018 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,181 |
| 2017 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,285 |
| 2016 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,907 |
| 2015 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2014 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,373 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,030 |
| 2012 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,443 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,023 |
| 2010 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,897 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,323 |
| 2008 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,206 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,976 |
| 2006 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,944 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,106 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,502 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,573 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,012 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,707 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,694 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,698 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,559 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,325 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,142 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,040 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,258 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,246 |