Masculine dossier · first seen 1914

Shaw

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2020

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1914Peak 20202024

Peak year

2020

Decline from peak

35.9%

2024

All-time

1,315

Shaw has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2020, when 39 boys were named Shaw.

In 2024, only 25 boys were given the name.

Down 35.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,315 Americans have been named Shaw and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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