Shun — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shun

The Social Security Administration has registered 909 babies named Shun between 1925 and 2023, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shun performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Shun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shun in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shun 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 909 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.