girls:
174 births since 1977
#5542 (3rd percentile)
boys:
11 births since 1993
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
185 births since 1977
#7554 (2nd percentile)
The name Shavaughn is the #7,554 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 185 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,542 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 174 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1993.
Shavaughn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Shavaughn is available in 19 out of the 27 years between 1977 and 2003 (18 years for girls and 2 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 Shavaughn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shavaughn reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #769) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2003.
For boys, Shavaughn reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #768) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shavaughn".
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