Boys' name · since 1968
Shahn
34 babies named Shahn in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,994 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 34
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shahn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 34 recorded since 1968.
Shahn has 34 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1977.
- #24,994 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 34 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shahn ranks #24,994 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,994 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 34
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shahn's 34 recorded births place it above 44.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shahn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shahn's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shahn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1977
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Shahn by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (28 births, 82% of the file).
1970s was Shahn's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Shahn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 28 births (82% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shahn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shahn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.