Shavon
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #11,356 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #10,775
Given to girls 91.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 358 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,898since 1958
Shavon over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #3,703 | 35 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #2,737 | 50 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #2,023 | 70 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #1,802 | 79 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1994 | #1,521 | 102 | #2,307 | 34 |
| 1993 | #1,426 | 113 | #1,933 | 42 |
| 1992 | #1,588 | 97 | #2,303 | 32 |
| 1991 | #1,547 | 100 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #1,433 | 110 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #1,277 | 123 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #1,132 | 135 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #1,104 | 137 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #1,072 | 140 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #894 | 178 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #953 | 152 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #790 | 200 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #815 | 194 | — | |
| 1981 | #692 | 246 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #614 | 299 | — | |
| 1979 | #531 | 358 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #691 | 230 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #1,717 | 60 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,349 | 32 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shavon! It came in at #6,103, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shavon is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#254 · 1 in 1,149
- Virginia#322 · 1 in 2,369
- Mississippi#431 · 1 in 2,663
- New Jersey#488 · 1 in 3,827
- New York#506 · 1 in 3,543
Best ever in a state: #146 in District of Columbia, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #254 | 5 | 1 in 1,149 |
| Virginia | #322 | 13 | 1 in 2,369 |
| Mississippi | #431 | 6 | 1 in 2,663 |
| New Jersey | #488 | 10 | 1 in 3,827 |
| New York | #506 | 29 | 1 in 3,543 |
| Indiana | #534 | 7 | 1 in 5,026 |
| Maryland | #545 | 5 | 1 in 4,457 |
| Illinois | #566 | 16 | 1 in 4,652 |
| North Carolina | #715 | 5 | 1 in 6,840 |
| Michigan | #827 | 6 | 1 in 9,602 |
| Pennsylvania | #918 | 6 | 1 in 11,650 |
| Ohio | #1,023 | 5 | 1 in 14,294 |
| Texas | #1,035 | 12 | 1 in 10,827 |
| Florida | #1,103 | 5 | 1 in 11,341 |
| California | #1,109 | 16 | 1 in 11,609 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shavon
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 1,026 spots in 1978 (#1,717 → #691)
- Biggest drop: 178 spots in 1986 (#894 → #1,072)
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1979 at #531 (358 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1978–1985
- Highest: 1 in 4,484 girls born in 1979 were named Shavon (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 209,796 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 46.3% of all girls named Shavon (1,804) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #6,103 (1958) | #6,174 |
| 1960s | 106 | #2,833 (1965) | #3,987 |
| 1970s | 845 | #531 (1979) | #2,159 |
| 1980s | 1,804 | #614 (1980) | #934 |
| 1990s | 805 | #1,426 (1993) | #2,008 |
| 2000s | 222 | #3,703 (2001) | #6,029 |
| 2010s | 106 | #5,358 (2011) | #11,475 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shavon in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 8,728 of them was named Shavon, which outranked 93.4% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).