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The U.S. popularity history of Shawn: every year it appeared on the national list since 1931, with 306,542 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

306,542

Peak year

1971 #28

Years on the list

10-year trend

-39.9%

In the 1970s · Most used in PA in {year}

Popularity history

1931–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	1,431	#247
2012	1,301	#273
2013	1,122	#307
2014	1,068	#322
2015	962	#352
2016	946	#356
2017	830	#387
2018	814	#390
2019	723	#426
2020	659	#452
2021	587	#501
2022	523	#568
2023	438	#633
2024	440	#638
2025	399	#682

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1971

1,058

996

961

900

596

564

Names from the same era

Scott · 1971 Roderick · 1971 Jody · 1971 Scotty · 1971 Erich · 1971 Scottie · 1971 Darrick · 1971 Shon · 1971 Brian · 1972 Eric · 1970

Names similar to Shawn

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