Shaughn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shaughn

The Social Security Administration has registered 387 babies named Shaughn between 1965 and 2012, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shaughn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaughn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shaughn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shaughn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaughn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 387 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.