Shunn — boys' name
16 babies named Shunn in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 boys have been named Shunn since 1970, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1980.
- 16
- total births
- 1970–1980
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
69% of everyone ever named Shunn was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shunn in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shunn
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Shunn between 1970 and 1980, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shunn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shunn performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shunn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shunn 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 16 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.
Shunn at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shunn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1970
- Peak year (1970)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
16 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 6 births in a single year.
Shunn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Shunn's all-time total
Shunn decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shunn's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% 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, 1970–1980 (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.