Shawn remains a common boys' name (#682 in 2025), down from a peak of #27 in 1973.
Shawn is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #682 among boys (399) and #8,274 among girls (13) — overall #1,346 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 412 | 412 | #8,274 | #682 |
| 2024 | 455 | 455 | #7,542 | #638 |
| 2023 | 446 | 446 | #12,038 | #633 |
| 2022 | 537 | 537 | #7,972 | #568 |
| 2021 | 593 | 593 | #15,000 | #501 |
| 2020 | 670 | 670 | #9,452 | #452 |
| 2019 | 735 | 735 | #9,036 | #426 |
| 2018 | 831 | 831 | #7,062 | #390 |
| 2017 | 844 | 844 | #8,230 | #387 |
| 2016 | 959 | 959 | #8,806 | #356 |
| 2015 | 970 | 975 | #12,838 | #352 |
| 2014 | 1,083 | 1,088 | #8,006 | #322 |
| 2013 | 1,137 | 1,137 | #8,094 | #307 |
| 2012 | 1,322 | 1,322 | #6,306 | #273 |
| 2011 | 1,443 | 1,443 | #9,639 | #247 |
| 2010 | 1,495 | 1,495 | #6,866 | #236 |
| 2009 | 1,840 | 1,851 | #4,793 | #209 |
| 2008 | 2,100 | 2,106 | #4,634 | #193 |
| 2007 | 2,376 | 2,390 | #5,357 | #175 |
| 2006 | 2,494 | 2,500 | #7,096 | #168 |
| 2005 | 2,404 | 2,419 | #4,359 | #174 |
| 2004 | 2,448 | 2,455 | #3,739 | #169 |
| 2003 | 2,606 | 2,619 | #4,401 | #156 |
| 2002 | 2,646 | 2,659 | #4,484 | #152 |
| 2001 | 2,671 | 2,688 | #3,247 | #151 |
| 2000 | 2,958 | 2,973 | #2,421 | #135 |
| 1999 | 3,145 | 3,168 | #2,981 | #117 |
| 1998 | 3,321 | 3,337 | #2,237 | #113 |
| 1997 | 3,528 | — | #1,880 | #109 |
| 1996 | 3,579 | — | #1,945 | #111 |
| 1995 | 3,920 | — | #1,587 | #100 |
| 1994 | 4,352 | — | #1,484 | #86 |
| 1993 | 4,930 | — | #1,405 | #77 |
| 1992 | 5,296 | — | #1,223 | #71 |
| 1991 | 5,583 | — | #1,082 | #71 |
| 1990 | 5,892 | — | #1,050 | #69 |
| 1989 | 5,631 | — | #1,105 | #65 |
| 1988 | 6,087 | — | #900 | #61 |
| 1987 | 6,403 | — | #853 | #59 |
| 1986 | 7,270 | — | #713 | #55 |
| 1985 | 7,303 | — | #597 | #55 |
| 1984 | 6,317 | — | #650 | #56 |
| 1983 | 6,638 | — | #623 | #53 |
| 1982 | 7,153 | — | #589 | #52 |
| 1981 | 7,414 | — | #553 | #49 |
| 1980 | 8,086 | — | #512 | #47 |
| 1979 | 8,371 | — | #446 | #43 |
| 1978 | 9,823 | — | #392 | #39 |
| 1977 | 10,532 | — | #340 | #37 |
| 1976 | 10,880 | — | #297 | #34 |
| 1975 | 11,645 | — | #254 | #31 |
| 1974 | 12,709 | — | #200 | #30 |
| 1973 | 12,736 | — | #200 | #27 |
| 1972 | 12,852 | — | #184 | #28 |
| 1971 | 14,688 | — | #168 | #28 |
| 1970 | 12,916 | — | #168 | #34 |
| 1969 | 10,090 | — | #177 | #41 |
| 1968 | 9,229 | — | #184 | #43 |
| 1967 | 7,735 | — | #200 | #51 |
| 1966 | 7,217 | — | #209 | #54 |
| 1965 | 6,373 | — | #224 | #69 |
| 1964 | 5,805 | — | #232 | #88 |
| 1963 | 4,477 | — | #287 | #108 |
| 1962 | 3,768 | — | #310 | #124 |
| 1961 | 3,388 | — | #305 | #143 |
| 1960 | 2,800 | — | #350 | #163 |
| 1959 | 2,743 | — | #343 | #161 |
| 1958 | 1,930 | — | #342 | #223 |
| 1957 | 1,607 | — | #343 | #251 |
| 1956 | 1,116 | — | #379 | #312 |
| 1955 | 944 | — | #454 | #312 |
| 1954 | 739 | — | #504 | #344 |
| 1953 | 515 | — | #694 | #370 |
| 1952 | 309 | — | #841 | #509 |
| 1951 | 261 | — | #808 | #594 |
| 1950 | 292 | — | #808 | #508 |
| 1949 | 194 | — | #1,164 | #594 |
| 1948 | 226 | — | #962 | #561 |
| 1947 | 96 | — | #1,523 | #936 |
| 1946 | 43 | — | #2,084 | #1,551 |
| 1945 | 25 | — | #3,640 | #1,685 |
| 1944 | 23 | — | #3,114 | #2,070 |
| 1943 | 39 | — | #2,833 | #1,362 |
| 1942 | 28 | — | #3,402 | #1,674 |
| 1941 | 24 | — | #3,523 | #1,811 |
| 1940 | 22 | — | #3,178 | #2,067 |
| 1939 | 18 | — | #3,733 | #2,271 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | #4,910 | #2,463 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | — | #2,880 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | #3,663 | #3,982 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,996 | — |
| 1931 | 6 | — | — | #3,698 |