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Shavon

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God is gracious, through Siobhán

Shavon has been given to 4,266 babies in the U.S. since 1958. 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 1979, with 358 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% girls, 9% boys all-time.

Babies named Shavon, 2019

1 in 434,000

Shavon over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Shavon over time

In 2019, Shavon went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19582019

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.

Shavon: meaning, origin, and history

God is gracious, through Siobhán

Irish

What Shavon means

Shavon belongs to the name family reached through Shavon → Siobhán. Its meaning is “God is gracious”.

Origin, language, and formation

Shavon is used in English. Its origins include Irish.

Shavon comes through Irish Siobhán.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Siobhán.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,898 girls were recorded with the name Shavon between 1958 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 358 in 1979; its best national rank was #531 in 1979.

In the United States, 368 boys were recorded with the name Shavon between 1975 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 42 in 1993; its best national rank was #1,959 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Shavon?

Shavon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019
1 in 434,000
8 of 3,472,229 births
Among girls only
1 in 210,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2019
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
300,847 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shavon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 300,847 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shavon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shavons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shavon was born before 1984 — so the typical Shavon is around 41 today.

Median birth year
1984
About 41 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
46.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
15.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,898
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 46.3% of all recorded uses (1,804).

Is Shavon 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 1979 (358)
Years since peak
46
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#531
1979

Spellings of Shavon

Shavon is not the most common spelling — Sharon is, with 63.1% against Shavon's 0.34%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Shavon is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Shavon was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 16,667 girls, against 1 in 54,413 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

06 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 16,667
  2. 2Illinois1 in 20,000
  3. 3New York1 in 25,000
  4. 4Maryland1 in 33,333
  5. 5Virginia1 in 33,333
  6. 6California1 in 50,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 50,000
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shavon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Shavon is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Shavon was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 984,098 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3South Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shavon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shavon around the world

Where Shavon 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.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2001
    #3,998
    in 2001
  • South Australia
    1991–1991
    #669
    in 1991

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Shavon

People whose public names include Shavon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Shavon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#531
1979
Peak year
1979
358 that year
First recorded
1958
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
3,898
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,959
1993
Peak year
1993
42 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2017
All-time count
368
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Shavon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ShastaShanaeShailaShayneShanelSharlaShamyaShantiShaelynShaniShanellShanayaSharaShainaShalomShalonShaelaShareeShaniyaShaindySharenShayeShayleeShaylyn

Names with a curve like Shavon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Shavon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

BrandonMeghannJonathanTenishaShastaTabethaJustinShanitaNatoshaCasieMegganShamika

Sibling names for Shavon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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