Shun
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 96.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 40 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 909since 1925
Shun over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Shun has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,271 | 14 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,762 | 14 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,830 | 17 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,661 | 17 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,891 | 17 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,996 | 27 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,496 | 41 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,760 | 30 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,177 | 21 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #1,948 | 24 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | — | #1,312 | 40 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,364 | 38 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,330 | 40 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1925
The first year at least five boys were named Shun! It came in at #4,197, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1964, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Shun
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1973 at #1,312 (40 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 38,964
- Highest: 1 in 38,964 boys born in 1973 were named Shun (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 30.8% of all boys named Shun (280) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,197 (1925) | #4,197 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 59 | #2,046 (1969) | #2,517 |
| 1970s | 280 | #1,312 (1973) | #1,834 |
| 1980s | 184 | #1,496 (1980) | #3,095 |
| 1990s | 137 | #3,432 (1995) | #4,569 |
| 2000s | 132 | #4,890 (2001) | #5,894 |
| 2010s | 92 | #5,251 (2010) | #7,882 |
| 2020s | 20 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,184 |
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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