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 | |
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| 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 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#486 · 1 in 3,500
- North Carolina#582 · 1 in 5,080
- New Jersey#596 · 1 in 5,249
- Virginia#606 · 1 in 5,622
- Illinois#689 · 1 in 5,911
Best ever in a state: #146 in District of Columbia, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #486 | 31 | 1 in 3,500 |
| North Carolina | #582 | 7 | 1 in 5,080 |
| New Jersey | #596 | 8 | 1 in 5,249 |
| Virginia | #606 | 6 | 1 in 5,622 |
| Illinois | #689 | 12 | 1 in 5,911 |
| Michigan | #702 | 8 | 1 in 7,066 |
| Florida | #807 | 9 | 1 in 7,381 |
| Pennsylvania | #932 | 6 | 1 in 11,455 |
| California | #1,776 | 9 | 1 in 23,078 |
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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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 12,254 of them was named Shavon, which outranked 91.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,065Eve141
- #1,065Lina141
- #1,065Tianna141
- #1,072Shavon140
- #1,072Ahsley140
- #1,072Cristin140
- #1,072Kiera140
- #1,080Eugenia139
- #1,080Juliet139
- #1,080Tawny139
Tied with 7 names at #1,072; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 368,303 of them was named Shavon, which outranked 14.2% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,109 names at #6,721; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.