Shon
- Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Given to boys 93.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 301 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,172since 1950
Shon over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,850 | 20 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,041 | 18 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,806 | 20 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,226 | 24 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,594 | 21 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,138 | 24 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,404 | 16 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,251 | 23 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,110 | 24 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,551 | 30 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,744 | 28 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,250 | 34 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,578 | 46 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,399 | 48 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,131 | 55 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,349 | 45 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,224 | 47 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,185 | 47 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,222 | 44 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,858 | 53 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,094 | 44 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,753 | 55 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #1,480 | 68 |
| 1995 | — | #1,405 | 71 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,288 | 82 | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #1,306 | 76 |
| 1992 | — | #1,359 | 69 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,183 | 88 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,238 | 79 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,154 | 84 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,249 | 67 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,153 | 69 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,118 | 71 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,304 | 54 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,228 | 56 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,107 | 65 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,096 | 69 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,029 | 78 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #1,022 | 78 |
| 1979 | — | #976 | 82 | |
| 1978 | — | #831 | 106 | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #678 | 156 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #683 | 146 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | #552 | 213 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #497 | 257 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #486 | 256 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | #497 | 253 |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 | #469 | 301 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 | #481 | 281 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #498 | 242 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 | #539 | 196 |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 | #635 | 139 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #762 | 92 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #815 | 82 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #1,000 | 57 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #1,175 | 43 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | #1,368 | 34 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
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| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five boys were named Shon! It came in at #2,580, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1952, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Shon is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Shon in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shon
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,202 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1965
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1978
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1971 at #469 (301 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1964–1979
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,875
- Highest: 1 in 5,875 boys born in 1971 were named Shon (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 39.7% of all boys named Shon (2,051) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1959
- Mostly girls until 1958, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 87 | #1,620 (1959) | #2,636 |
| 1960s | 940 | #498 (1969) | #984 |
| 1970s | 2,051 | #469 (1971) | #615 |
| 1980s | 691 | #1,022 (1980) | #1,146 |
| 1990s | 685 | #1,183 (1991) | #1,496 |
| 2000s | 424 | #2,131 (2004) | #2,663 |
| 2010s | 209 | #3,894 (2010) | #4,672 |
| 2020s | 85 | #4,850 (2022) | #6,314 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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