girls:
40 births since 1970
#5676 (1st percentile)
boys:
165 births since 1975
#4421 (4th percentile)
overall:
205 births since 1970
#7534 (3rd percentile)
The name Shawon is the #7,534 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 205 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 2.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,421 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 165 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,676 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 40 births since 1970.
Shawon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Shawon is available in 26 out of the 36 years between 1970 and 2005 (19 years for boys and 7 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 Shawon has been given predominantly to boys, with 80.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2005, 100.0% of babies named Shawon were boys. Interestingly, until around 1984, the name was more popular for girls (80.0% girls from 1970 to 1983), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1984 to 2005).
For boys, Shawon reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #693) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2005.
For girls, Shawon reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #757) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1981.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shawon".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Shawon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.8% confident that Shawon is pronounced as SHAH-wahn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHUH-wuhn, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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