Shun is a rare variant of Shawn that peaked in 1980 and has since faded.
Shun is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Shun was first reported in SSA data in 1925 and peaked in 1980 (41 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,881 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,033 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,792 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,744 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,768 |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,289 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,469 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,457 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,040 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,013 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,574 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,039 |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,437 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,212 |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,349 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,865 |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,484 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,565 |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,449 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,504 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,672 |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,097 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,756 |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | — | #4,991 |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,414 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | — | #4,914 |
| 1996 | 17 | — | — | #3,992 |
| 1995 | 19 | — | — | #3,535 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | — | #5,402 |
| 1993 | 17 | — | — | #3,794 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | — | #6,067 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | — | #6,430 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | — | #3,582 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | — | #6,139 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | — | #3,679 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | — | #3,930 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | — | #2,990 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | — | #3,571 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | — | #3,655 |
| 1983 | 19 | — | — | #2,560 |
| 1982 | 21 | — | — | #2,410 |
| 1981 | 27 | — | — | #2,030 |
| 1980 | 41 | — | — | #1,519 |
| 1979 | 19 | — | — | #2,550 |
| 1978 | 30 | — | — | #1,788 |
| 1977 | 19 | — | — | #2,445 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | #10,657 | #2,230 |
| 1975 | 30 | — | #8,889 | #1,994 |
| 1974 | 30 | — | #9,999 | #1,878 |
| 1973 | 40 | — | — | #1,325 |
| 1972 | 38 | — | — | #1,388 |
| 1971 | 40 | — | — | #1,348 |
| 1970 | 29 | — | #9,126 | #1,843 |
| 1969 | 26 | — | #5,391 | #2,121 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | — | #2,182 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | — | #3,201 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | — | #2,602 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | — | #3,213 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | — | #4,784 |