Shawn
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Shawn
Shawn is a phonetic spelling of Sean that may be past its peak – it was a Top 30 name in the early 1970s – but is still quite popular for boys: over 500 baby boys were named Shawn in the US in the most recent year counted vs 800 given the original Sean spelling.
Shawn for boys#682 US
In its heyday, Shawn was also used quite often for girls, though last year it was given to only 14 baby girls in the US.
Shawn for girls#8274 US
Shawn is one name that's become less unisex and more distinctly male over time in all its spellings, given to only 14 baby girls and over 500 boys in the US in the most recent year counted. But at its peak in the early 1970s, it was a Top 200 baby name for girls in the US, given to nearly 2000 baby girls... and 12,000 boys in this spelling alone.
Pronounced SHAWN.
As of October 2026, Shawn ranked #682 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #27 in 1973.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #322 | 1,067 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #352 | 962 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #356 | 946 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #387 | 830 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #390 | 814 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #426 | 723 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #453 | 657 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #503 | 583 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #568 | 522 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #633 | 437 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #638 | 438 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #682 | 399 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Shawn for boys
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Shawn on lists
Famous Shawns
- Shawn Corey Carter aka JayBoy
Z, American rapper
- Shawn Peter Raul MendesBoy
Canadian singer
- Shawn ThorntonBoy
Canadian ice hockey player
- Shawn MichaelsBoy
ring name of Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, American pro wrestler
- Shawn HernandezBoy
American pro wrestler
- Shawn DaivariBoy
American pro wrestler
- Shawn Thomas aka CBoy
Bo, American rapper
- Shawn Chrystopher (Garrett II)Boy
American rapper
- Shawn Antione Ivy aka DominoBoy
American rapper
- Shawn Mathis WayansBoy
American actor and comedian
- Shawn RayBoy
American bodybuilder
- Shawn Robert AshmoreBoy
Canadian actor
- Shawn MarionBoy
American basketball player
- Shawn GreenBoy
American baseball player
- Shawn MullinsBoy
American singer,songwriter
- Shawn Machel Johnson EastGirl
American gymnast
- Shawn ColvinGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Shawn Nichols WeatherlyGirl
American model/actress; Miss USA and Miss Universe 1980
Shawn in pop culture
- Shawn HunterBoy
character on TV's "Boy Meets World"
- Shawn SpencerBoy
main character on TV's "Psych"
Variations & nicknames
- DeshawnBoy
- ShaughanBoy
- ShaunBoth
- ShawonBoy
- SawnaGirl
- SeanaGirl
- SeannaGirl
- ShanaGirl
- ShannaGirl
- ShaunaGirl
- ShauneeGirl
- ShaunieGirl
- ShawGirl
- ShawnaGirl
- ShawnaeGirl
- ShawnaiGirl
- ShawneaGirl
- ShawneeGirl
- ShawneenGirl
- ShawneenaGirl
- ShawnellGirl
- ShawnetteGirl
- ShawnnaGirl
- ShawnraGirl
- ShawntaGirl
- SheonaGirl
- SianaGirl
- SiannaGirl
- SiânGirl