girls:
3.9k births since 1958
#2768 (52nd percentile)
boys:
368 births since 1975
#4218 (8th percentile)
overall:
4.3k births since 1958
#4196 (46th percentile)
The name Shavon is the #4,196 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,267 recorded births since 1958. This represents the 45.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 45.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,768 (51.6% percentile) for all time with 3,899 births since 1958. For boys, it ranks #4,218 (8.0% percentile) for all time with 368 births since 1975.
Shavon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1958 (1958 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Shavon is available in 60 out of the 62 years between 1958 and 2019 (60 years for girls and 32 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 Shavon has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shavon reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 41.4% percentile (ranked #461) with 208 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 208 births per million (ranked 41.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
For boys, Shavon reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #732) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shavon".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Shavon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.4% confident that Shavon is pronounced as shuh-VAWN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-VAHN, at 42.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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