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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |