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How popular is the name Shawn?
Births per year, rank history and how many Shawns are alive today.
Shawn (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Sean in England and Wales, ranked 1307th in 2025 and given to 21 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 52 babies were given the name, the 580th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1999, with 47 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 40% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sean you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old - or else around 30: the name has two living generations. Half of all Seans born in England and Wales are between 33 and 61, and there are at least 100,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 28% chance that at least one of them will be called Sean.
How many babies are named Shawn each year?
Includes all spellings: Shawn, Sean, Shaun. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Shawn spelling rank?
Where does the Sean spelling rank?
Where does the Shaun spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Shawn most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Sean, peaked in 1964, when around 3,500 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Shawn spelling itself peaked in 2007, with 52 babies.
How many people are called Shawn?
At least 100,000 people named Shawn in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Shawn?
Most living Shawns are between 33 and 61; the most common age is about 62. There is a second cluster around 30.
Is Shawn becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1964 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.