Shaun is a familiar variant of Shawn that peaked in 1978 and has since faded.
Shaun is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,956 for boy births in the United States (and #4,180 across all names), given to 79 babies. Shaun first appears in 1935 and peaked in 1978 (6,105 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,956 |
| 2024 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,571 |
| 2023 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,495 |
| 2022 | 128 | 128 | #15,049 | #1,489 |
| 2021 | 158 | 158 | #11,032 | #1,279 |
| 2020 | 172 | 172 | — | #1,138 |
| 2019 | 193 | 193 | — | #1,062 |
| 2018 | 212 | 212 | #15,392 | #1,008 |
| 2017 | 251 | 251 | #12,570 | #889 |
| 2016 | 250 | 250 | — | #877 |
| 2015 | 316 | 316 | #18,726 | #768 |
| 2014 | 325 | 325 | — | #737 |
| 2013 | 336 | 336 | #18,867 | #713 |
| 2012 | 397 | 397 | #16,555 | #623 |
| 2011 | 434 | 434 | #16,479 | #587 |
| 2010 | 554 | 554 | #9,151 | #483 |
| 2009 | 565 | 565 | #10,565 | #495 |
| 2008 | 683 | 683 | #10,689 | #432 |
| 2007 | 786 | 786 | #8,036 | #393 |
| 2006 | 912 | 912 | #14,909 | #342 |
| 2005 | 736 | 736 | #8,264 | #397 |
| 2004 | 679 | 679 | #6,457 | #398 |
| 2003 | 699 | 699 | #8,971 | #381 |
| 2002 | 652 | 652 | #6,647 | #401 |
| 2001 | 666 | 666 | #8,661 | #390 |
| 2000 | 769 | 769 | #6,175 | #355 |
| 1999 | 710 | 710 | #4,846 | #378 |
| 1998 | 714 | 714 | #4,932 | #370 |
| 1997 | 650 | — | #5,191 | #384 |
| 1996 | 667 | — | #4,858 | #371 |
| 1995 | 738 | — | #3,863 | #347 |
| 1994 | 808 | — | #3,776 | #324 |
| 1993 | 979 | — | #3,568 | #293 |
| 1992 | 1,020 | — | #3,485 | #288 |
| 1991 | 1,215 | — | #3,795 | #238 |
| 1990 | 1,389 | — | #3,216 | #225 |
| 1989 | 1,415 | — | #3,766 | #207 |
| 1988 | 1,689 | — | #3,150 | #169 |
| 1987 | 1,854 | — | #3,506 | #152 |
| 1986 | 2,108 | — | #2,411 | #132 |
| 1985 | 2,403 | — | #2,168 | #120 |
| 1984 | 2,301 | — | #2,045 | #121 |
| 1983 | 2,508 | — | #2,302 | #111 |
| 1982 | 3,210 | — | #1,917 | #96 |
| 1981 | 3,457 | — | #1,592 | #86 |
| 1980 | 3,996 | — | #1,600 | #79 |
| 1979 | 4,843 | — | #1,222 | #64 |
| 1978 | 6,221 | — | #1,125 | #52 |
| 1977 | 2,671 | — | #1,280 | #103 |
| 1976 | 668 | — | #2,054 | #296 |
| 1975 | 746 | — | #1,931 | #275 |
| 1974 | 857 | — | #1,682 | #250 |
| 1973 | 802 | — | #1,705 | #259 |
| 1972 | 1,011 | — | #1,515 | #226 |
| 1971 | 1,172 | — | #1,290 | #216 |
| 1970 | 1,127 | — | #934 | #240 |
| 1969 | 974 | — | #1,152 | #246 |
| 1968 | 949 | — | #1,073 | #244 |
| 1967 | 832 | — | #982 | #271 |
| 1966 | 712 | — | #896 | #308 |
| 1965 | 664 | — | #1,002 | #322 |
| 1964 | 695 | — | #961 | #327 |
| 1963 | 577 | — | #1,096 | #355 |
| 1962 | 457 | — | #1,328 | #408 |
| 1961 | 356 | — | #1,350 | #475 |
| 1960 | 289 | — | #1,577 | #514 |
| 1959 | 350 | — | #1,201 | #476 |
| 1958 | 239 | — | #1,523 | #563 |
| 1957 | 262 | — | #1,438 | #541 |
| 1956 | 194 | — | #1,478 | #637 |
| 1955 | 179 | — | #1,289 | #677 |
| 1954 | 136 | — | #1,763 | #721 |
| 1953 | 102 | — | #1,919 | #847 |
| 1952 | 68 | — | #2,254 | #1,079 |
| 1951 | 51 | — | #2,795 | #1,239 |
| 1950 | 74 | — | #2,645 | #903 |
| 1949 | 45 | — | #2,975 | #1,294 |
| 1948 | 30 | — | — | #1,344 |
| 1947 | 33 | — | — | #1,291 |
| 1946 | 43 | — | #4,893 | #1,154 |
| 1945 | 21 | — | #4,475 | #1,844 |
| 1944 | 21 | — | — | #1,520 |
| 1943 | 21 | — | — | #1,572 |
| 1942 | 17 | — | — | #1,791 |
| 1941 | 14 | — | — | #1,984 |
| 1940 | 10 | — | — | #2,458 |
| 1939 | 20 | — | — | #1,525 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | — | #2,836 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | — | #2,077 |
| 1936 | 14 | — | — | #1,952 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | — | #2,914 |