Unisex name · since 1968
Shown
75 babies named Shown in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,392 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
75 boys have been named Shown since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shown has been recorded 75 times among boys since 1968, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1994.
- #19,392 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 75 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shown ranks #19,392 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,392 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shown's 75 recorded births place it above 57.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shown's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shown splits its recorded history at 1974: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1969 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shown popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1994
- Peak year (1971)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Shown popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1970 (Shown as girls' name)
Shown by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (53 births, 71% of the file).
1970s was Shown's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Shown births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 53 births (71% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shown's data
- Shown's decade-level peak was the 1970s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shown: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shown draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.