Shon
Boy · SHAWN · Hebrew
Shon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Shon mean?
Hebrew: phonetic spelling of Sean, the Irish form of John
“God is gracious”
- Say it
- SHAWN
Is Shon a girl's or a boy's name?
Shon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 4 boys.
Shon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 2 | #4,101 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Shon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Shon, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 301 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Shon than any year since 1958.
Half of all the boys named Shon in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,103 boys in the US were given Shon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #316, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 23% of the babies named Shon in the US in 1960, and 7% in 1996.
Shon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 47 | #2,220 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,181 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 53 | #1,855 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,091 |
| 1997 | 55 | #1,750 |
| 1996 | 68 | #1,477 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,400 |
| 1994 | 82 | #1,284 |
| 1993 | 76 | #1,301 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,354 |
| 1991 | 88 | #1,177 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,233 |
| 1989 | 84 | #1,150 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,246 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,152 |
| 1986 | 71 | #1,117 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,303 |
| 1984 | 56 | #1,227 |
| 1983 | 65 | #1,107 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,096 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,029 |
| 1980 | 78 | #1,022 |
| 1979 | 82 | #976 |
| 1978 | 106 | #831 |
| 1977 | 156 | #678 |
| 1976 | 146 | #683 |
| 1975 | 213 | #552 |
| 1974 | 257 | #497 |
| 1973 | 256 | #486 |
| 1972 | 253 | #497 |
| 1971 | 301 | #469 |
| 1970 | 281 | #481 |
| 1969 | 242 | #498 |
| 1968 | 196 | #539 |
| 1967 | 139 | #635 |
| 1966 | 92 | #762 |
| 1965 | 82 | #815 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,000 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,174 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1961 | 34 | #1,367 |
| 1960 | 30 | #1,462 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
Names like Shon
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