Shean — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shean

The Social Security Administration has registered 414 babies named Shean between 1964 and 2009, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shean currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shean performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shean in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shean 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 414 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.