Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shaw

#3,929 most common boys' name of all time · #9,577 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#3,929
Rank overall
#9,577 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
1,398
Since 2016
322
Peak year
2016 #3,368
Best rank
#1,716 1974
Girls Boys peak 39/yr
192019401960198020002020

Shaw first appears in 1914. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 21 27 #4,721
2024 5 25 30 #4,218
2023 26 26 #4,120
2022 34 34 #3,424
2021 32 32 #3,511
2020 39 39 #2,987
2019 5 31 36 #3,582
2018 31 31 #3,540
2017 28 28 #3,809
2016 6 33 39 #3,368
2015 5 31 36 #3,526
2014 9 25 34 #4,035
2013 29 29 #3,598
2012 36 36 #3,133
2011 25 25 #4,017
2010 15 15 #5,777
2009 18 18 #5,128
2008 19 19 #4,926
2007 25 25 #4,029
2006 31 31 #3,400
2005 6 14 20 #5,610
2004 15 15 #5,286
2003 13 13 #5,600
2002 23 23 #3,686
2001 25 25 #3,424
2000 22 22 #3,662
1999 14 14 #4,807
1998 20 20 #3,619
1997 24 24 #3,082
1996 18 18 #3,705
1995 19 19 #3,461
1994 18 18 #3,635
1993 18 18 #3,543
1992 23 23 #2,941
1991 13 13 #4,278
1990 19 19 #3,207
1989 19 19 #3,128
1988 15 15 #3,405
1987 23 23 #2,421
1986 25 25 #2,249
1985 22 22 #2,390
1984 9 9 #4,291
1983 19 19 #2,525
1982 18 18 #2,628
1981 19 19 #2,522
1980 10 10 #3,916
1979 19 19 #2,512
1978 23 23 #2,097
1977 12 12 #3,266
1976 18 18 #2,450
1975 23 23 #2,027
1974 5 28 33 #1,716
1973 5 18 23 #2,255
1972 20 20 #2,046
1971 5 16 21 #2,411
1970 18 18 #2,167
1969 5 13 18 #2,467
1968 10 10 #2,816
1967 8 8 #3,102
1966 8 8 #3,105
1965 8 8 #3,121
1964 6 6 #3,780
1963 5 5 #4,266
1962 5 5 #4,256
1960 8 8 #3,208
1959 6 6 #3,790
1958 5 5 #4,154
1954 5 5 #4,044
1939 5 5 #3,749
1922 7 7 #3,716
1920 5 5 #4,557
1914 6 6 #3,244