Masculine dossier · first seen 1935

Shaun

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shaun
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1978

Peak rank proxy

6,105

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1935Peak 19782024

Peak year

1978

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

110

All-time

70,398

Shaun once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1978, when 6,105 boys were named Shaun.

In 2024, only 110 boys were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 70,398 Americans have been named Shaun and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1935.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

19786,105 boys named Shaun

2024110 boys named Shaun

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