Shaun — #1570 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shaun

The Social Security Administration has registered 70,398 babies named Shaun between 1935 and 2024, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shaun currently holds the #1570 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 6,105 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaun performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 24,470 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Shaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,408 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaun in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaun 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 70,398 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.