Shon*
#1,635 most common boys' name of all time · #3,965 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1950–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,635
Rank overall
#3,965 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
5,530
Since 2016
165
Peak year
1971 #470
Best rank
#470 1971
Girls
Boys
peak 329/yr
Shon first appears in 1950. 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 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,357 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,903 |
| 2023 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,281 |
| 2022 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,883 |
| 2021 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,771 |
| 2020 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,091 |
| 2019 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 2018 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,258 |
| 2017 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,627 |
| 2016 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,851 |
| 2015 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,561 |
| 2014 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,168 |
| 2013 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,458 |
| 2012 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,287 |
| 2011 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,131 |
| 2010 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,919 |
| 2009 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 2008 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 2007 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,264 |
| 2006 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,589 |
| 2005 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,410 |
| 2004 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,140 |
| 2003 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,362 |
| 2002 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,234 |
| 2001 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,199 |
| 2000 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,238 |
| 1999 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,866 |
| 1998 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,107 |
| 1997 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,759 |
| 1996 | 5 | 68 | 73 | #1,486 |
| 1995 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,409 |
| 1994 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,293 |
| 1993 | 7 | 76 | 83 | #1,310 |
| 1992 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,367 |
| 1991 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,189 |
| 1990 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,249 |
| 1989 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,161 |
| 1988 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,257 |
| 1987 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,156 |
| 1986 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,123 |
| 1985 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,314 |
| 1984 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,235 |
| 1983 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,116 |
| 1982 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,104 |
| 1981 | 5 | 78 | 83 | #1,033 |
| 1980 | 6 | 78 | 84 | #1,028 |
| 1979 | — | 82 | 82 | #981 |
| 1978 | — | 106 | 106 | #835 |
| 1977 | 10 | 156 | 166 | #678 |
| 1976 | 12 | 146 | 158 | #688 |
| 1975 | 19 | 213 | 232 | #553 |
| 1974 | 12 | 257 | 269 | #497 |
| 1973 | 18 | 256 | 274 | #487 |
| 1972 | 18 | 253 | 271 | #498 |
| 1971 | 28 | 301 | 329 | #470 |
| 1970 | 21 | 281 | 302 | #485 |
| 1969 | 21 | 242 | 263 | #498 |
| 1968 | 29 | 196 | 225 | #539 |
| 1967 | 19 | 139 | 158 | #636 |
| 1966 | 21 | 92 | 113 | #765 |
| 1965 | 16 | 82 | 98 | #818 |
| 1964 | 17 | 57 | 74 | #1,005 |
| 1963 | 9 | 43 | 52 | #1,194 |
| 1962 | 10 | 25 | 35 | #1,623 |
| 1961 | 18 | 34 | 52 | #1,387 |
| 1960 | 9 | 30 | 39 | #1,484 |
| 1959 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #1,662 |
| 1958 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #3,014 |
| 1957 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #2,491 |
| 1956 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,189 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,749 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,935 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,769 |