girls:
44 births since 1974
#5672 (1st percentile)
boys:
33 births since 1995
#4553 (1st percentile)
overall:
77 births since 1974
#7662 (1st percentile)
The name Shadon is the #7,662 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 77 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 1.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,672 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 44 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,553 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 33 births since 1995.
Shadon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Shadon is available in 12 out of the 36 years between 1974 and 2009 (7 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shadon has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (57.1% of all recorded births). In 2009, 0.0% of babies named Shadon were girls. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for girls (86.3% girls from 1974 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1996 to 2009).
For girls, Shadon reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #811) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1994.
For boys, Shadon reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #810) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2009.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shadon".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Shadon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Shadon is pronounced as SHAY-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHA-duhn, at 12.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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