Shaun
#392 most common boys' name of all time · #862 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1935–2025
Rank among boys
#392
Rank overall
#862 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
73,610
Since 2016
1,674
Peak year
1978 #52
Best rank
#52 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 6,221/yr
Shaun first appears in 1935. 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 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,944 |
| 2024 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,568 |
| 2023 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,491 |
| 2022 | 6 | 122 | 128 | #1,484 |
| 2021 | 9 | 149 | 158 | #1,278 |
| 2020 | — | 172 | 172 | #1,139 |
| 2019 | — | 193 | 193 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 6 | 206 | 212 | #1,007 |
| 2017 | 8 | 243 | 251 | #886 |
| 2016 | — | 250 | 250 | #876 |
| 2015 | 5 | 311 | 316 | #767 |
| 2014 | — | 325 | 325 | #737 |
| 2013 | 5 | 331 | 336 | #713 |
| 2012 | 6 | 391 | 397 | #622 |
| 2011 | 6 | 428 | 434 | #587 |
| 2010 | 13 | 541 | 554 | #483 |
| 2009 | 11 | 554 | 565 | #495 |
| 2008 | 11 | 672 | 683 | #433 |
| 2007 | 16 | 770 | 786 | #393 |
| 2006 | 7 | 905 | 912 | #342 |
| 2005 | 14 | 722 | 736 | #397 |
| 2004 | 19 | 660 | 679 | #398 |
| 2003 | 12 | 687 | 699 | #381 |
| 2002 | 17 | 635 | 652 | #401 |
| 2001 | 12 | 654 | 666 | #390 |
| 2000 | 18 | 751 | 769 | #355 |
| 1999 | 23 | 687 | 710 | #378 |
| 1998 | 22 | 692 | 714 | #370 |
| 1997 | 20 | 630 | 650 | #384 |
| 1996 | 21 | 646 | 667 | #371 |
| 1995 | 28 | 710 | 738 | #347 |
| 1994 | 29 | 779 | 808 | #324 |
| 1993 | 31 | 948 | 979 | #293 |
| 1992 | 32 | 988 | 1,020 | #288 |
| 1991 | 28 | 1,187 | 1,215 | #238 |
| 1990 | 35 | 1,354 | 1,389 | #225 |
| 1989 | 27 | 1,388 | 1,415 | #207 |
| 1988 | 32 | 1,657 | 1,689 | #169 |
| 1987 | 26 | 1,828 | 1,854 | #152 |
| 1986 | 42 | 2,066 | 2,108 | #132 |
| 1985 | 49 | 2,354 | 2,403 | #120 |
| 1984 | 50 | 2,251 | 2,301 | #121 |
| 1983 | 42 | 2,466 | 2,508 | #111 |
| 1982 | 56 | 3,154 | 3,210 | #96 |
| 1981 | 74 | 3,383 | 3,457 | #86 |
| 1980 | 73 | 3,923 | 3,996 | #79 |
| 1979 | 107 | 4,736 | 4,843 | #64 |
| 1978 | 116 | 6,105 | 6,221 | #52 |
| 1977 | 93 | 2,578 | 2,671 | #103 |
| 1976 | 43 | 625 | 668 | #296 |
| 1975 | 47 | 699 | 746 | #275 |
| 1974 | 55 | 802 | 857 | #250 |
| 1973 | 53 | 749 | 802 | #259 |
| 1972 | 63 | 948 | 1,011 | #226 |
| 1971 | 86 | 1,086 | 1,172 | #216 |
| 1970 | 138 | 989 | 1,127 | #240 |
| 1969 | 94 | 880 | 974 | #246 |
| 1968 | 98 | 851 | 949 | #244 |
| 1967 | 108 | 724 | 832 | #271 |
| 1966 | 127 | 585 | 712 | #308 |
| 1965 | 109 | 555 | 664 | #322 |
| 1964 | 121 | 574 | 695 | #327 |
| 1963 | 99 | 478 | 577 | #355 |
| 1962 | 70 | 387 | 457 | #408 |
| 1961 | 69 | 287 | 356 | #475 |
| 1960 | 51 | 238 | 289 | #514 |
| 1959 | 80 | 270 | 350 | #476 |
| 1958 | 50 | 189 | 239 | #563 |
| 1957 | 55 | 207 | 262 | #541 |
| 1956 | 52 | 142 | 194 | #637 |
| 1955 | 62 | 117 | 179 | #679 |
| 1954 | 35 | 101 | 136 | #721 |
| 1953 | 29 | 73 | 102 | #847 |
| 1952 | 22 | 46 | 68 | #1,080 |
| 1951 | 15 | 36 | 51 | #1,241 |
| 1950 | 16 | 58 | 74 | #902 |
| 1949 | 13 | 32 | 45 | #1,296 |
| 1948 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,345 |
| 1947 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,296 |
| 1946 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #1,156 |
| 1945 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,576 |
| 1942 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 1941 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,996 |
| 1940 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,477 |
| 1939 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,531 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,865 |
| 1937 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,087 |
| 1936 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,963 |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,950 |