Boys' name · since 1987
Shunsuke
75 babies named Shunsuke in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,393 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
75 boys have been named Shunsuke since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shunsuke has 75 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2002.
- #19,393 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 75 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shunsuke ranks #19,393 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,393 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shunsuke'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.
Shunsuke's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shunsuke's full recorded timeline at 1993, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shunsuke popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2002
- Peak year (1991)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Shunsuke by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (39 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Shunsuke's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Shunsuke births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 39 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Shunsuke's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 2000s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shunsuke: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1987–2002 (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 Shunsuke 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.