girls:
358 births since 1956
#5358 (6th percentile)
boys:
5.1k births since 1950
#1668 (64th percentile)
overall:
5.5k births since 1950
#3671 (53rd percentile)
The name Shon is the #3,671 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,507 recorded births since 1950. This represents the 52.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,668 (63.6% percentile) for all time with 5,149 births since 1950. For girls, it ranks #5,358 (6.2% percentile) for all time with 358 births since 1956.
Shon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1950 (1950 for boys and 1956 for girls). Birth data for Shon is available in 72 out of the 74 years between 1950 and 2023 (72 years for boys and 26 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 Shon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Shon reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 36.9% percentile (ranked #421) with 166 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 166 births per million (ranked 36.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Shon ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 4.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Shon reached its peak popularity in 1968, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #723) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shon".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Shon is pronounced as shahn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shohn, at 25.0% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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