Names of the Week
*
*
Quote of the Week
""  More

Shon Name Popularity

    

Charts | Table | About | By Year

How popular is Shon?

In 2018 the rare name Shon, ranked the 4,310th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Shon is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #470 in 1971 with 301 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Shon was less than 5, most recently in 1952.

Shon, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1958-1970, and 2016-2017, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1975-1979, 1981-1984, 1994-1998, and 2009-2013.

Sometimes the name Shon has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Shon's popularity has been moving downward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Shon for their newborn has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Shon?

Shon's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Shon is very unique but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Shon has fallen out of favor as a given name.

*Mouse over the charts or scroll down to the table for data details.

 
Mouse over or Click for Percentages.
   Shon (Girl)Shon (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 24 4,310
2017 < 5 -- 20 4,893
2016 < 5 -- 15 5,999
2015 < 5 -- 16 5,694
2014 < 5 -- 24 4,235
2013 < 5 -- 16 5,612
2012 < 5 -- 23 4,361
2011 < 5 -- 24 4,198
2010 < 5 -- 26 3,971
2009 < 5 -- 30 3,622
2008 < 5 -- 28 3,810
2007 < 5 -- 34 3,298
2006 < 5 -- 46 2,613
2005 < 5 -- 48 2,423
2004 < 5 -- 55 2,156
2003 < 5 -- 45 2,385
2002 < 5 -- 47 2,245
2001 < 5 -- 47 2,213
2000 < 5 -- 44 2,249
1999 < 5 -- 53 1,877
1998 < 5 -- 44 2,120
1997 < 5 -- 55 1,771
1996 < 5 -- 68 1,494
1995 < 5 -- 71 1,414
1994 < 5 -- 82 1,295
1993 7 11,621 76 1,311
1992 < 5 -- 69 1,371
1991 < 5 -- 88 1,190
1990 < 5 -- 79 1,249
1989 < 5 -- 84 1,161
1988 < 5 -- 67 1,262
1987 < 5 -- 69 1,160
1986 < 5 -- 71 1,124
1985 < 5 -- 54 1,315
1984 < 5 -- 56 1,235
1983 < 5 -- 65 1,118
1982 < 5 -- 69 1,105
1981 5 11,898 78 1,035
1980 6 10,182 78 1,030
1979 < 5 -- 82 981
1978 < 5 -- 106 833
1977 10 6,272 155 682
1976 12 5,152 146 686
1975 20 3,496 213 553
1974 12 4,972 257 497
1973 18 3,615 256 487
1972 18 3,513 253 498
1971 28 2,655 301 470
1970 21 3,190 281 484
1969 21 2,997 242 498
1968 29 2,284 196 539
1967 19 2,947 139 636
1966 21 2,733 92 764
1965 16 3,244 82 819
1964 17 3,218 58 998
1963 9 4,850 43 1,188
1962 10 4,492 25 1,619
1961 18 3,046 34 1,385
1960 9 4,729 31 1,455
1959 5 7,075 23 1,700
1958 10 4,149 9 3,002
1957 8 4,859 12 2,477
1956 5 6,763 8 3,177
1955 < 5 -- 10 2,735
1954 < 5 -- 9 2,920
1953 < 5 -- 6 3,748
1952 < 5 -- < 5 --
1951 < 5 -- < 5 --
1950 < 5 -- 9 2,750
1949 < 5 -- < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- < 5 --
1947 < 5 -- < 5 --
1946 < 5 -- < 5 --
1945 < 5 -- < 5 --
1944 < 5 -- < 5 --
1943 < 5 -- < 5 --
1942 < 5 -- < 5 --
1941 < 5 -- < 5 --
1940 < 5 -- < 5 --
1939 < 5 -- < 5 --
1938 < 5 -- < 5 --
1937 < 5 -- < 5 --
1936 < 5 -- < 5 --
1935 < 5 -- < 5 --
1934 < 5 -- < 5 --
1933 < 5 -- < 5 --
1932 < 5 -- < 5 --
1931 < 5 -- < 5 --
1930 < 5 -- < 5 --
1929 < 5 -- < 5 --
1928 < 5 -- < 5 --
1927 < 5 -- < 5 --
1926 < 5 -- < 5 --
1925 < 5 -- < 5 --
1924 < 5 -- < 5 --
1923 < 5 -- < 5 --
1922 < 5 -- < 5 --
1921 < 5 -- < 5 --
1920 < 5 -- < 5 --
1919 < 5 -- < 5 --
1918 < 5 -- < 5 --
1917 < 5 -- < 5 --
1916 < 5 -- < 5 --
1915 < 5 -- < 5 --
1914 < 5 -- < 5 --
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
1912 < 5 -- < 5 --
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
1910 < 5 -- < 5 --
1909 < 5 -- < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.