NameTides

Shawn

Shawn was the #681 boys' name in the US in 2025 (399 babies), and #1,307 in England & Wales and #547 in Canada.

Shawn as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Shawn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Shawn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#681 (399)#1,307 (21)——#547 (53)
2024#636 (440)#2,922 (7)#727 (3)—#577 (47)
2023#633 (438)#1,309 (20)——#561 (48)
2022#566 (523)#1,880 (12)——#476 (59)
2021#501 (587)#1,250 (21)——#462 (63)
2020#451 (659)#1,548 (15)——#391 (79)
2019#425 (723)#1,587 (15)——#360 (86)
2018#390 (814)#1,683 (14)——#333 (97)
2017#387 (830)#1,470 (17)——#321 (102)
2016#356 (946)#1,498 (17)#707 (3)—#290 (122)
2015#351 (962)#1,380 (18)——#251 (142)
2014#322 (1,068)#1,178 (22)#587 (4)—#267 (128)
2013#307 (1,122)#1,294 (19)——#235 (150)
2012#273 (1,301)#1,430 (17)—#500 (6)#263 (128)
2011#247 (1,431)#976 (28)—#730 (3)#192 (183)

Shawn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Shawn as a girl’s name, US, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020US
Shawn as a girl’s name, US, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSScotlandCanada
2025#7,885 (13)——
2024#7,251 (15)——
2023#11,169 (8)——
2022#7,631 (14)——
2021#13,464 (6)——
2020#8,953 (11)——
2019#8,597 (12)——
2018#6,792 (17)——
2017#7,840 (14)——
2016#8,393 (13)——
2015#11,835 (8)——
2014#7,636 (15)——
2013#7,748 (15)—#3,286 (5)
2012#6,110 (21)——
2011#9,150 (12)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1973 at #27.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1931.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 130,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shawn is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 5,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shawn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #620NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #545INOhio: #500OHPennsylvania: #415PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #683CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #749TXFlorida: #633FL
Shawn (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#4639
Ontario2024#71916

Shawn (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShawnCanadaGirls—too few
ShawnCanadaBoys#54753
ShawnEngland & WalesBoys#1,30721
ShawnIrelandBoys—too few
ShawnNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ShawnScotlandGirls—too few
ShawnScotlandBoys—too few
ShawnUSGirls#7,88513
ShawnUSBoys#681399