Meaning not yet researched.
Shaun: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 79 in 2025. Its best rank was #52 in 1978.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #52 in 1978; #1,956 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Shaun in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,956 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1978, at #52.
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Shaun: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 79 boys in 2025. Peak: #52 in 1978 · most boys in one year: 6,105 (1978).
In 2025, 79 US boys were named Shaun, making it the 1,956th most common boys’ name of the year, down 385 places from #1,571 in 2024. That is 32 fewer than the 111 boys named Shaun in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #52, reached in 1978. That year also had the most boys given the name: 6,105. For comparison, it was #768 in 2015 and #903 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Shaun in 91 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1935 with 8 babies. In all, 73,610 US babies have been given the name, 4.3% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 24,941 babies named Shaun.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,645 US boys were named Shaun; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 250. In 2025 that was about 1 in 21,621 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Shaun ranked highest in Missouri in 2025, at #977 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Shane (196,166 babies since 1880), Shayne (13,701 babies since 1880), Shan (3,088 babies since 1880) and Shaan (2,507 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Shaughn, Shahin and Shahan are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Shawn.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Shaughn (392), Shahin (329), Shahan (321), Shayon (109), Shaian (42).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 5 | #977 | #651 |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,071 | #724 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,134 | #926 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,437 | #618 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,453 | #771 |
| California | 9 | #1,805 | #705 |
| New York | 5 | #2,000 | #623 |
| Texas | 5 | #2,897 | #872 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 79 | #1,956 |
| 2024 | — | — | 111 | #1,571 |
| 2023 | — | — | 120 | #1,495 |
| 2022 | 6 | #15,049 | 122 | #1,489 |
| 2021 | 9 | #11,032 | 149 | #1,279 |
| 2020 | — | — | 172 | #1,138 |
| 2019 | — | — | 193 | #1,062 |
| 2018 | 6 | #15,392 | 206 | #1,008 |
| 2017 | 8 | #12,570 | 243 | #889 |
| 2016 | — | — | 250 | #877 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,726 | 311 | #768 |
| 2014 | — | — | 325 | #737 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,867 | 331 | #713 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,555 | 391 | #623 |
| 2011 | 6 | #16,479 | 428 | #587 |
| 2010 | 13 | #9,151 | 541 | #483 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,565 | 554 | #495 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,689 | 672 | #432 |
| 2007 | 16 | #8,036 | 770 | #393 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,909 | 905 | #342 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,264 | 722 | #397 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,457 | 660 | #398 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,971 | 687 | #381 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,647 | 635 | #401 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,661 | 654 | #390 |
| 2000 | 18 | #6,175 | 751 | #355 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,846 | 687 | #378 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,932 | 692 | #370 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,191 | 630 | #384 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,858 | 646 | #371 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,863 | 710 | #347 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,776 | 779 | #324 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,568 | 948 | #293 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,485 | 988 | #288 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,795 | 1,187 | #238 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,216 | 1,354 | #225 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,766 | 1,388 | #207 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,150 | 1,657 | #169 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,506 | 1,828 | #152 |
| 1986 | 42 | #2,411 | 2,066 | #132 |
| 1985 | 49 | #2,168 | 2,354 | #120 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,045 | 2,251 | #121 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,302 | 2,466 | #111 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,917 | 3,154 | #96 |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,592 | 3,383 | #86 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,600 | 3,923 | #79 |
| 1979 | 107 | #1,222 | 4,736 | #64 |
| 1978 | 116 | #1,125 | 6,105 | #52 |
| 1977 | 93 | #1,280 | 2,578 | #103 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,054 | 625 | #296 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,931 | 699 | #275 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,682 | 802 | #250 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,705 | 749 | #259 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,515 | 948 | #226 |
| 1971 | 86 | #1,290 | 1,086 | #216 |
| 1970 | 138 | #934 | 989 | #240 |
| 1969 | 94 | #1,152 | 880 | #246 |
| 1968 | 98 | #1,073 | 851 | #244 |
| 1967 | 108 | #982 | 724 | #271 |
| 1966 | 127 | #896 | 585 | #308 |
| 1965 | 109 | #1,002 | 555 | #322 |
| 1964 | 121 | #961 | 574 | #327 |
| 1963 | 99 | #1,096 | 478 | #355 |
| 1962 | 70 | #1,328 | 387 | #408 |
| 1961 | 69 | #1,350 | 287 | #475 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,577 | 238 | #514 |
| 1959 | 80 | #1,201 | 270 | #476 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,523 | 189 | #563 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,438 | 207 | #541 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,478 | 142 | #637 |
| 1955 | 62 | #1,289 | 117 | #677 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,763 | 101 | #721 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,919 | 73 | #847 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,254 | 46 | #1,079 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,795 | 36 | #1,239 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,645 | 58 | #903 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,975 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1948 | — | — | 30 | #1,344 |
| 1947 | — | — | 33 | #1,291 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,893 | 37 | #1,154 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,475 | 15 | #1,844 |
| 1944 | — | — | 21 | #1,520 |
| 1943 | — | — | 21 | #1,572 |
| 1942 | — | — | 17 | #1,791 |
| 1941 | — | — | 14 | #1,984 |
| 1940 | — | — | 10 | #2,458 |
| 1939 | — | — | 20 | #1,525 |
| 1938 | — | — | 8 | #2,836 |
| 1937 | — | — | 13 | #2,077 |
| 1936 | — | — | 14 | #1,952 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,914 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).