Shavon
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Origin
- Irish
Shavon is a name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shavon mean?
Irish
A female given name from Irish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shavon a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Shavon has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Shavon in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1979, with 358 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the girls named Shavon in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2011, 81% of the babies named Shavon in the US were girls.
Shavon in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,734 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 70 | #2,020 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 1995 | 79 | #1,798 |
| 1994 | 102 | #1,517 |
| 1993 | 113 | #1,424 |
| 1992 | 97 | #1,585 |
| 1991 | 100 | #1,541 |
| 1990 | 110 | #1,429 |
| 1989 | 123 | #1,274 |
| 1988 | 135 | #1,131 |
| 1987 | 137 | #1,104 |
| 1986 | 140 | #1,072 |
| 1985 | 178 | #894 |
| 1984 | 152 | #953 |
| 1983 | 200 | #790 |
| 1982 | 194 | #815 |
| 1981 | 246 | #692 |
| 1980 | 299 | #614 |
| 1979 | 358 | #531 |
| 1978 | 230 | #691 |
| 1977 | 60 | #1,717 |
| 1976 | 35 | #2,334 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,349 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,680 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
Names related to Shavon
Savion, Savon, Sayvion, Sayvon, Savyon, Saivion, Saivon, Savonna
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shavon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shavon, updated 20 October 2026.