Shaun
About Shaun
Shaun is the least popular spelling of the once-wildly popular name, more usually spelled Sean or Shawn. Parents who have a reason to choose this name now would (and should) most likely go with the original Sean. Alternate spelling Shawn is four times more popular.
Shaun (and Shawn) were considered the feminized spelling of the name back when it was becoming a unisex name in the early 1970s. In all spellings, Sean has become once again decidedly masculine.
This spelling is most popular as the name of the titular protagonist in the 2004 British film Shaun of the Dead.
Pronounced SHAWN.
As of October 2026, Shaun ranked #1956 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #52 in 1978.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #738 | 324 | 168.7 |
| 2015 | #768 | 311 | 162.3 |
| 2016 | #877 | 250 | 131.7 |
| 2017 | #891 | 242 | 130.7 |
| 2018 | #1,011 | 205 | 112.9 |
| 2019 | #1,062 | 193 | 107.6 |
| 2020 | #1,138 | 172 | 99.6 |
| 2021 | #1,279 | 149 | 85.2 |
| 2022 | #1,488 | 122 | 69.9 |
| 2023 | #1,499 | 119 | 69.6 |
| 2024 | #1,573 | 110 | 63.8 |
| 2025 | #1,956 | 79 | 46.3 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Shaun on lists
Famous Shauns
- Shaun Roger White
American snowboarder
- Shaun Paul Cassidy
American actor/writer/producer
- Shaun Murphy
English snooker player
- Shaun Pollock
South African cricketer
- Shaun Wright
Phillips, English footballer
- Shaun Alexander
American NFL player
- Shaun Silva
American music video director
- Shaun Maloney
Scottish footballer
- Shaun Livingston
American basketball player
- Shaun Toub
Iranian actor
- Shan Tan
Australian artist, writer and film maker
- Shaun Ryder
British Musician. 90% of the time drunk.
Shaun in pop culture
- "Shaun of the Dead
" 2004 comedy/zombie movie
- Shaun Hastings
character in the video game series Assassin's Creed
- Shaun the Sheep
animated character in the Wallace and Gromit series
- Shaun "Shaunie" Fulbright
character on animated series "Codename: Kids Next Door"
- Shaun "Shaw
" character in the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School"
- Shaun Murphy
character in the TV show "The Good Doctor"
- Shaun "Father"
character in "Fallout 4"