Masculine dossier · first seen 1950

Shon

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

Endangered Down 96% from peak

Peak era

1971

Peak rank proxy

301

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1950Peak 19712024

Peak year

1971

Decline from peak

96%

2024

All-time

5,163

Shon 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 301 boys were named Shon.

In 2024, only 12 boys were given the name.

Down 96% from its peak.

All told, about 5,163 Americans have been named Shon and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1950.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96% from peak

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