Shaun
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Shaun for boys#1956 US
This spelling is most popular as the name of the titular protagonist in the 2004 British film Shaun of the Dead.
Shaun for girls
Shaun might be thought of by some as a more feminine spelling of Sean, but in fact in the most recent year counted there were only six baby girls called Shaun and five called Sean, which makes this a no longer a unisex name by any reckoning. In its heyday in the early 70s, though, Shaun and Shawn were given much more frequently to baby girls. In all spellings, this is one of the rare names that's become more masculine over time.
Pronounced SHAWN.
As of October 2026, Shaun ranked #1956 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #52 in 1978.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #738 | 324 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #768 | 311 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #877 | 250 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #891 | 242 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,011 | 205 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,062 | 193 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,138 | 172 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,279 | 149 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,488 | 122 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,499 | 119 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,573 | 110 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,956 | 79 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Shaun for boys
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Famous Shauns
- Shaun Roger WhiteBoy
American snowboarder
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American actor/writer/producer
- Shaun MurphyBoy
English snooker player
- Shaun PollockBoy
South African cricketer
- Shaun WrightBoy
Phillips, English footballer
- Shaun AlexanderBoy
American NFL player
- Shaun SilvaBoy
American music video director
- Shaun MaloneyBoy
Scottish footballer
- Shaun LivingstonBoy
American basketball player
- Shaun ToubBoy
Iranian actor
- Shan TanBoy
Australian artist, writer and film maker
- Shaun RyderBoy
British Musician. 90% of the time drunk.
- Shaun RobinsonGirl
Journalist and Host.
Shaun in pop culture
- "Shaun of the DeadBoy
" 2004 comedy/zombie movie
- Shaun HastingsBoy
character in the video game series Assassin's Creed
- Shaun the SheepBoy
animated character in the Wallace and Gromit series
- Shaun "Shaunie" FulbrightBoy
character on animated series "Codename: Kids Next Door"
- Shaun "ShawBoy
" character in the YouTube series "Most Popular Girls in School"
- Shaun MurphyBoy
character in the TV show "The Good Doctor"
- Shaun "Father"Boy
character in "Fallout 4"