Shevaun — girls' name
105 babies named Shevaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
105 girls have been named Shevaun since 1956, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1990.
- 105
- total births
- 1956–1990
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Shevaun was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Shevaun in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shevaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Shevaun between 1956 and 1990, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shevaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shevaun performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shevaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shevaun 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 105 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.
Shevaun at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shevaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1956
- Peak year (1984)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
105 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 12 births in a single year.
Shevaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 60 births that decade — 57% of Shevaun's all-time total
Shevaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shevaun's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 1956–1990 (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.