girls:
140 births since 1969
#5576 (2nd percentile)
boys:
659 births since 1971
#3928 (14th percentile)
overall:
799 births since 1969
#6940 (10th percentile)
The name Shamon is the #6,940 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 799 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 10.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,928 (14.3% percentile) for all time with 659 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,576 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 140 births since 1969.
Shamon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Shamon is available in 54 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (51 years for boys and 18 years for girls). 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 Shamon has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Shamon were boys. Interestingly, until around 1973, the name was more popular for girls (51.4% girls from 1969 to 1972), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (84.1% boys from 1973 to 2023).
For boys, Shamon reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #767) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shamon ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 16.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Shamon reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #748) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shamon".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Shamon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.4% confident that Shamon is pronounced as shuh-MAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-MOHN, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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