Shaun

How popular is Shaun in the UK?

Rank in 2025

#1,133among boys

Babies in 2025

28about 1 in 11,000 boys

Five-year trend

Fallingdown 41% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were named Shaun, making it the 1,133rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 842nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 973 boys.

Half of all the boys named Shaun in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 163 boys in the UK were given Shaun or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #322, up from #1,133 for this spelling alone.

• Sean 114
• Shaun 28
• Shawn 21

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales and 400th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#40), 1974 (#57), 1984 (#52) and 1994 (#73).

How popular is Shaun in the US?

Rank in 2025

#1,942among boys

Babies in 2025

79about 1 in 22,000 boys

Five-year trend

Fallingdown 46% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 79 boys in the US were named Shaun, making it the 1,942nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,134th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 6,105 boys. It first appears in the records in 1935.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 19 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Shaun than any year since 1953.

Half of all the boys named Shaun in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,103 boys in the US were given Shaun or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #316, up from #1,942 for this spelling alone.

• Sean 616
• Shawn 399
• Shaun 79
• Shon 9

In 2022, 5% of the babies named Shaun in the US were girls.