Masculine dossier · first seen 1931

Shawn

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

Endangered Down 96.6% from peak

Peak era

1971

Peak rank proxy

12,825

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1931Peak 19712024

Peak year

1971

Decline from peak

96.6%

2024

438

All-time

306,134

Shawn 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 1971, when 12,825 boys were named Shawn.

In 2024, only 438 boys were given the name.

Down 96.6% from its peak.

All told, about 306,134 Americans have been named Shawn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1931.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.6% from peak

197112,825 boys named Shawn

2024438 boys named Shawn

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