Shaydon — boys' name
152 babies named Shaydon in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
152 boys have been named Shaydon since 1992, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2021.
- 152
- total births
- 1992–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Shaydon was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Shaydon in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaydon
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Shaydon between 1992 and 2021, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shaydon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaydon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shaydon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shaydon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaydon 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 152 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.
Shaydon at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaydon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1992
- Peak year (2006)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
152 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 13 births in a single year.
Shaydon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 86 births that decade — 57% of Shaydon's all-time total
Shaydon decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shaydon's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Shaydon by state
Where Shaydon concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 152 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.