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.

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
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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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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