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.

Shun

#4,987 most common boys' name of all time · #12,344 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1925–2023

Rank among boys
#4,987
Rank overall
#12,344 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
939
Since 2016
54
Peak year
1980 #1,511
Best rank
#1,324 1973
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
19401960198020002020

Shun first appears in 1925. 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
2023 — 5 5 #12,487
2022 — 5 5 #12,548
2021 — 5 5 #12,385
2020 — 5 5 #12,253
2019 — 9 9 #8,315
2018 — 14 14 #6,097
2017 — 11 11 #7,173
2015 — 7 7 #9,723
2014 — 10 10 #7,659
2013 — 10 10 #7,637
2012 — 8 8 #8,978
2011 — 6 6 #11,011
2010 — 17 17 #5,297
2009 — 10 10 #7,801
2008 — 14 14 #6,127
2007 — 15 15 #5,701
2006 — 16 16 #5,345
2005 — 10 10 #7,202
2004 — 15 15 #5,297
2003 — 14 14 #5,321
2002 — 13 13 #5,466
2001 — 15 15 #4,945
2000 — 10 10 #6,417
1999 — 14 14 #4,825
1998 — 12 12 #5,224
1997 — 13 13 #4,737
1996 — 17 17 #3,882
1995 — 19 19 #3,476
1994 — 11 11 #5,194
1993 — 17 17 #3,716
1992 — 9 9 #5,774
1991 — 8 8 #6,075
1990 — 17 17 #3,518
1989 — 8 8 #5,800
1988 — 14 14 #3,588
1987 — 12 12 #3,809
1986 — 17 17 #2,944
1985 — 13 13 #3,483
1984 — 12 12 #3,556
1983 — 19 19 #2,540
1982 — 21 21 #2,372
1981 — 27 27 #2,019
1980 — 41 41 #1,511
1979 — 19 19 #2,522
1978 — 30 30 #1,780
1977 — 19 19 #2,407
1976 5 21 26 #2,213
1975 6 24 30 #1,970
1974 5 25 30 #1,861
1973 — 40 40 #1,324
1972 — 38 38 #1,384
1971 — 40 40 #1,347
1970 5 24 29 #1,837
1969 9 17 26 #2,109
1968 — 15 15 #2,169
1967 — 8 8 #3,138
1966 — 11 11 #2,586
1965 — 8 8 #3,171
1925 — 5 5 #4,855