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Shon

#8,810 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Shawn

Shon has been given to 5,530 babies in the U.S. since 1950. In 2025 it ranked #8,810 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1971, with 301 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Shon, 2025

1 in 368,000

Shon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Shon went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19502025

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.

Shon: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Shawn

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shon means

Shon is a variant of Shawn.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Shon → Shawn. The family’s meaning is “God is gracious”, recorded in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Shawn.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,172 boys were recorded with the name Shon between 1950 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 301 in 1971; its best national rank was #470 in 1971.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,194 in 2020 to #8,810 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,701 in 2015 to #8,810 in 2025.

In the United States, 358 girls were recorded with the name Shon between 1956 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 29 in 1968; its best national rank was #2,288 in 1968.

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 Shon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,810
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shon was born before 1975 — so the typical Shon is around 50 today.

Median birth year
1975
About 50 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
39.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
13.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,172
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1970s — 39.7% of all recorded uses (2,051).

Is Shon 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
−1,612
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,616
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,109
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.56×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
3.0%
Peak was 1971 (301)
Years since peak
54
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#470
1971

Spellings of Shon

Shon is not the most common spelling — Sean is, with 21.1% against Shon's 0.26%.

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 Shon is used

Across 1910–2025, Shon was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 61,727 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 20,000
  2. 2California1 in 25,000
  3. 3Hawaii1 in 25,000
  4. 4Missouri1 in 33,333
  5. 5South Dakota1 in 33,333
  6. 6Washington1 in 33,333
  7. 7Georgia1 in 50,000
  8. 8Kansas1 in 50,000

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. Shon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shon around the world

Where Shon 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
    1998–2014
    #3,895
    in 2014
  • France
    2005–2005
    #3,081
    in 2005
  • Canada
    1996–1996
    #1,974
    in 1996
  • South Australia
    1981–1981
    #425
    in 1981

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Shon

People whose public names include Shon, 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.

Shon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,810
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,616
Best rank ever
#470
1971
Peak year
1971
301 that year
First recorded
1950
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,172
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,288
1968
Peak year
1968
29 that year
First recorded
1956
Last recorded
1996
All-time count
358
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Shon

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

JhonSholomShoDeshonShotaRashonShomariDashonStephonTyshonKeshonJashonShouryaAshonVashonShoaibShoneShonnGershonNathonNashonRayshonChonNahshon

Names with a curve like Shon

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

DarrickJameyJammieTorranceBrookTorreyScottieMichelleKenyattaAndreaAntoniaAngela

Sibling names for Shon

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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