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
- 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
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 | — | #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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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 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#835 · 1 in 14,790
- New York#986 · 1 in 18,756
Best ever in a state: #122 in South Dakota, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #835 | 13 | 1 in 14,790 |
| New York | #986 | 6 | 1 in 18,756 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Shon
- 1,411 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #8,243)
- 3,202 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #8,243)
- 2,736 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1965 (#1,000 → #815)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1978 (#678 → #831)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1971 at #469 (301 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1964–1979
- 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%)
- 39.7% of all boys named Shon (2,051) were born in this decade
- 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.
Shon in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 276,718 of them was named Shon, which outranked 25.2% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,178Zanetta7
- #8,178Zelma7
- #8,178Zenda7
- #9,095Shon6
- #9,095Abigael6
- #9,095Adalia6
- #9,095Adama6
- #10,392Abbegail5
- #10,392Abel5
- #10,392Abelina5
Tied with 1,296 names at #9,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 22,871 of them was named Shon, which outranked 86.0% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,019Jarrad79
- #1,019Paulo79
- #1,019Skyler79
- #1,022Shon78
- #1,022Alexandro78
- #1,022Carroll78
- #1,022Charley78
- #1,031Connor77
- #1,031Heather77
- #1,031Jarett77
Tied with 8 names at #1,022; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.