Shaw — #4201 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shaw

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,315 babies named Shaw between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shaw currently holds the #4201 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaw performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 284 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Shaw shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaw in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaw 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 1,315 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.