Shun
Boy · SHOON · Japanese
Shun is a boys' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shun mean?
Japanese: Japanese and Chinese name; meaning depends on the characters used
In Japanese it is often written with a character meaning talented; Shun is also a legendary sage-emperor of ancient China.
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Is Shun a girl's or a boy's name?
Shun is a boys' name.
How popular is Shun in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925.
Half of all the boys named Shun in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 41 | #1,496 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 40 | #1,312 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,364 |
| 1971 | 40 | #1,330 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
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