Shawn*
#105 most common boys' name of all time · #220 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1931–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#105
Rank overall
#220 of 105,966
First appeared
1931
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
339,597
Since 2016
6,482
Peak year
1971 #28
Best rank
#27 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 14,688/yr
Shawn first appears in 1931. 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 | 13 | 399 | 412 | #682 |
| 2024 | 15 | 440 | 455 | #637 |
| 2023 | 8 | 438 | 446 | #633 |
| 2022 | 14 | 523 | 537 | #567 |
| 2021 | 6 | 587 | 593 | #501 |
| 2020 | 11 | 659 | 670 | #451 |
| 2019 | 12 | 723 | 735 | #425 |
| 2018 | 17 | 814 | 831 | #390 |
| 2017 | 14 | 830 | 844 | #387 |
| 2016 | 13 | 946 | 959 | #356 |
| 2015 | 8 | 962 | 970 | #352 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,068 | 1,083 | #322 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,122 | 1,137 | #307 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,301 | 1,322 | #273 |
| 2011 | 12 | 1,431 | 1,443 | #247 |
| 2010 | 19 | 1,476 | 1,495 | #236 |
| 2009 | 31 | 1,809 | 1,840 | #209 |
| 2008 | 33 | 2,067 | 2,100 | #194 |
| 2007 | 27 | 2,349 | 2,376 | #175 |
| 2006 | 18 | 2,476 | 2,494 | #168 |
| 2005 | 32 | 2,372 | 2,404 | #174 |
| 2004 | 39 | 2,409 | 2,448 | #169 |
| 2003 | 30 | 2,576 | 2,606 | #156 |
| 2002 | 28 | 2,618 | 2,646 | #152 |
| 2001 | 43 | 2,628 | 2,671 | #151 |
| 2000 | 64 | 2,894 | 2,958 | #135 |
| 1999 | 45 | 3,100 | 3,145 | #117 |
| 1998 | 64 | 3,257 | 3,321 | #113 |
| 1997 | 79 | 3,449 | 3,528 | #109 |
| 1996 | 74 | 3,505 | 3,579 | #111 |
| 1995 | 96 | 3,824 | 3,920 | #100 |
| 1994 | 107 | 4,245 | 4,352 | #86 |
| 1993 | 116 | 4,814 | 4,930 | #77 |
| 1992 | 143 | 5,153 | 5,296 | #71 |
| 1991 | 168 | 5,415 | 5,583 | #71 |
| 1990 | 171 | 5,721 | 5,892 | #69 |
| 1989 | 152 | 5,479 | 5,631 | #65 |
| 1988 | 194 | 5,893 | 6,087 | #61 |
| 1987 | 201 | 6,202 | 6,403 | #59 |
| 1986 | 252 | 7,018 | 7,270 | #55 |
| 1985 | 321 | 6,982 | 7,303 | #55 |
| 1984 | 268 | 6,049 | 6,317 | #56 |
| 1983 | 279 | 6,359 | 6,638 | #53 |
| 1982 | 311 | 6,842 | 7,153 | #52 |
| 1981 | 338 | 7,076 | 7,414 | #49 |
| 1980 | 388 | 7,698 | 8,086 | #47 |
| 1979 | 461 | 7,910 | 8,371 | #43 |
| 1978 | 534 | 9,289 | 9,823 | #39 |
| 1977 | 667 | 9,865 | 10,532 | #37 |
| 1976 | 772 | 10,108 | 10,880 | #34 |
| 1975 | 963 | 10,682 | 11,645 | #31 |
| 1974 | 1,271 | 11,438 | 12,709 | #30 |
| 1973 | 1,285 | 11,451 | 12,736 | #27 |
| 1972 | 1,575 | 11,277 | 12,852 | #28 |
| 1971 | 1,863 | 12,825 | 14,688 | #28 |
| 1970 | 1,971 | 10,945 | 12,916 | #34 |
| 1969 | 1,823 | 8,267 | 10,090 | #41 |
| 1968 | 1,751 | 7,478 | 9,229 | #43 |
| 1967 | 1,597 | 6,138 | 7,735 | #51 |
| 1966 | 1,492 | 5,725 | 7,217 | #54 |
| 1965 | 1,449 | 4,924 | 6,373 | #69 |
| 1964 | 1,402 | 4,403 | 5,805 | #88 |
| 1963 | 1,016 | 3,461 | 4,477 | #108 |
| 1962 | 902 | 2,866 | 3,768 | #124 |
| 1961 | 900 | 2,488 | 3,388 | #143 |
| 1960 | 755 | 2,045 | 2,800 | #163 |
| 1959 | 767 | 1,976 | 2,743 | #161 |
| 1958 | 747 | 1,183 | 1,930 | #223 |
| 1957 | 697 | 910 | 1,607 | #251 |
| 1956 | 547 | 569 | 1,116 | #312 |
| 1955 | 396 | 548 | 944 | #312 |
| 1954 | 310 | 429 | 739 | #345 |
| 1953 | 172 | 343 | 515 | #370 |
| 1952 | 120 | 189 | 309 | #509 |
| 1951 | 123 | 138 | 261 | #595 |
| 1950 | 117 | 175 | 292 | #509 |
| 1949 | 62 | 132 | 194 | #596 |
| 1948 | 83 | 143 | 226 | #561 |
| 1947 | 39 | 57 | 96 | #937 |
| 1946 | 21 | 22 | 43 | #1,554 |
| 1945 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #1,693 |
| 1944 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 12 | 27 | 39 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #1,681 |
| 1941 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1940 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #2,077 |
| 1939 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #2,287 |
| 1938 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,476 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,901 |
| 1936 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,004 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,760 |