Shaughnessy
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Shaughnessy has been given to 96 babies in the U.S. since 1985. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1997, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% girls, 5% boys all-time.
Babies named Shaughnessy, 2009
1 in 764,000
Shaughnessy over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Shaughnessy over time
In 2009, Shaughnessy went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Shaughnessy?
Shaughnessy had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2009, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2009
- 1 in 764,000
- 5 of 3,820,315 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 367,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2009
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 529,609 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Shaughnessy sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2009 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 529,609 children born in 2009 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shaughnessy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Shaughnessys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Shaughnessy was born before 1997 — so the typical Shaughnessy is around 28 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 60.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 91
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 60.4% of all recorded uses (55).
Is Shaughnessy rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1997 (11)
- Years since peak
- 28
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 36.0% average annual change
Shaughnessy around the world
Where Shaughnessy ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- Canada2000–2006#2,939in 2006
Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Shaughnessy by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Shaughnessy
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Shaughnessy
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.