The name Shaun is of English origin, and is an alternate form of Sean.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Shaun has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Shaun
Use of the Name Shaun for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
62,412
62,178
36,409
6,715
3,360
1,328
647
The table below indicates the number of times the name Shaun has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Shaun first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1950, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Shaun
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1950
898
59
1951
1952
1953
840
73
1954
716
102
1955
685
115
1956
635
142
1957
539
208
1958
564
187
1959
476
269
1960
517
237
1961
475
286
1962
409
386
1963
355
477
1964
328
572
953
122
1965
321
557
997
109
1966
309
585
905
125
1967
271
724
982
108
1968
244
848
1969
246
878
1970
239
989
932
138
1971
216
1,086
1972
226
947
1973
259
747
1974
251
800
1975
275
698
1976
296
627
1977
103
2,574
1978
51
6,098
1979
64
4,732
1980
79
3,913
1981
86
3,383
1982
96
3,152
1983
111
2,464
1984
121
2,250
1985
120
2,347
1986
132
2,062
1987
151
1,826
1988
168
1,655
1989
207
1,391
1990
225
1,352
1991
238
1,187
1992
288
987
1993
293
947
1994
324
778
1995
347
710
1996
371
646
1997
386
625
1998
371
689
1999
377
685
2000
355
748
2001
391
651
2002
402
633
2003
383
681
2004
399
647
Totals:
62,412
602
During the last 125 years, parents have used Shaun as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Shaun appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 53 times during the last 125 years.