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Shaun
Recorded 73,610 times in US records since 1935. Peak year: 1978.
#4142 ↘
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 41,966
U.S. · 2025 records
Extraordinary
rarity tier
≈68,000
alive today (estimate) ⓘ
↘ fading
10-yr trend
How many Shauns are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 68,000 Shauns are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 5,000 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Shaun through the years, 1935–2025

1978 · 6,221 6,221 0
19352025
Peak Shaun year: 1978 (ringed), with 6,221 recorded. Current usage: ~97% boys. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.