Shaun

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shaun: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shaun: Recorded every year since 1965, it reached #34 in 1988, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
175times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#34highest recorded position
30groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Shaun's record

Ranked every year since 1965, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 35 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#76
1997	#83
1998	#97
1999	#104
2000	#116
2001	#121
2002	#135
2003	#139
2004	#149
2005	#182
2006	#177
2007	#184
2008	#217
2009	#231
2010	#308
2011	#325
2012	#454
2013	#489
2014	#583
2015	#538
2016	#616
2017	#709
2018	#665
2019	#874
2020	#921
2021	#1117
2022	#878
2023	#1071
2024	#1162

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 59 of the 60 years from 1966 to 2025.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1162 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #84 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1967–1999
Highest recorded position: #34 among boys in New Zealand, in 1988 (recorded 1967–1999).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Shaun appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 59 ranked years and 1,901 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1965.

Shaun across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shaun's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#199 (1966)	#81 (1993)	#577 (2025)	59 of 60	1,901 (1966–2025)	76 (1993)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#84 (1965)	#38 (1981)	#96 (1997)	33 of 33	4,542 (1965–1997)	221 (1981)
New Zealand · Boys	#86 (1967)	#34 (1988)	#92 (1999)	33 of 33	4,397 (1967–1999)	181 (1982)
England and Wales · Boys	#76 (1996)	#76 (1996)	#1162 (2024)	29 of 29	6,291 (1996–2024)	773 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#121 (1997)	#121 (1997)	#318 (2017)	20 of 21	174 (1997–2017)	17 (1997)

Shaun by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shaun in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	37	4 of 10	9
1970s	221	10 of 10	22
1980s	520	10 of 10	52
1990sbusiest	602	10 of 10	60
2000s	384	10 of 10	38
2010s	115	10 of 10	12
2020s	22	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 60 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1993 and 1994, when recorded births fell by 25, from 76 to 51.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Shaun appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #34 in New Zealand in 1988.

Shaun's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1162	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1071	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#878	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1117	25	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#921	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#874	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#665	52	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#709	49	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#616	58	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#538	71	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#583	61	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#489	78	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#454	87	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#325	136	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#308	144	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#231	196	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#217	212	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#184	263	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#177	256	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#182	241	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#149	310	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#139	322	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#135	319	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#121	350	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#116	384	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#104	487	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#97	558	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#83	708	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#76	773	High	Verified
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	142	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	143	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	165	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	180	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	183	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	193	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	193	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	189	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	211	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	174	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	206	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	221	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	142	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	191	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	128	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	72	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New Zealand	male	#92	55	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#66	80	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#64	86	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#56	95	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#48	129	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#42	132	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#46	127	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	male	#48	129	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#45	141	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#41	157	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#42	149	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#34	180	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#42	153	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#44	131	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#43	127	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#38	145	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#36	171	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#35	181	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#36	176	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#40	138	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#43	139	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#36	146	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#44	138	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#46	142	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#43	151	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#41	162	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#45	157	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#64	112	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#87	91	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#72	102	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#56	132	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#45	166	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#86	77	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#199	10	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#238	6	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#161	13	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#192	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#143	14	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#151	11	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#181	8	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#189	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#122	16	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#130	15	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#121	17	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#389	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#397	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	16	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#310	14	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	22	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#227	24	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	30	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	42	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	28	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	38	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#121	44	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#106	49	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#136	31	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	50	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	48	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#90	55	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	49	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	50	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#88	64	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#86	62	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	51	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#81	76	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	61	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	70	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#92	64	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	64	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	61	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	67	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	57	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#92	62	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	45	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	54	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	33	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	32	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	45	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	37	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#124	34	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#124	32	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	16	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	22	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	21	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	19	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	16	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	10	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	14	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	12	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	8	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	11	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #34, first reached in 1988.

It held a top-100 place in 36 years, 35 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 773 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1966, and 59 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sharlene · #79, 23y
Sharon · #2, 73y
Shauna · #6, 60y
Shaunagh · #220, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aidan · #33, 62y
Georgina · #33, 62y
Myles · #35, 62y
Gabrielle · #32, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Damien · #34, 62y
Naomi · #34, 62y
Aidan · #33, 62y
Aiden · #33, 62y

Shaun was ranked #34 in New Zealand · Boys in 1988. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shaun and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shaun without appearing here.

Shaun moved ahead of

Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #785 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #577 and #829.
Ross Compare
In 2017 they stood at #709 and #701 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #665 and #777.
Ronald Compare
In 1976 they stood at #179 and #164 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1977 that had become #124 and #208.
Ashley Compare
In 1968 they stood at #164 and #142 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1969 that had become #174 and #246.

Moved ahead of Shaun

Rian Compare
In 2018 they stood at #665 and #711 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #874 and #493.
Ciaran Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1071 and #1108 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1162 and #800.
Oisin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #665 and #675 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #874 and #535.
Fionn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #665 and #702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #874 and #589.

Moved the opposite way to Shaun

Aaron Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Shaun went from #199 to #577 while Aaron went from #171 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Shaun went from #199 to #577 while Adam went from #229 to #20.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Shaun went from #199 to #577 while Benjamin went from #185 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Shaun went from #199 to #577 while Conor went from #47 to #16.

Moved the same way as Shaun

Alfred Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Shaun went from #199 to #577 and Alfred from #159 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Shaun went from #199 to #577 and Denis from #26 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Shaun went from #199 to #577 and Edward from #17 to #125.
Frank Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Shaun went from #199 to #577 and Frank from #139 to #286.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #34 in New Zealand in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shaun

Shaun at a glance

What stands out in Shaun's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shaun across 5 official records

Shaun by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Shaun appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Shaun

Shaun and the names beside it

Shaun moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shaun

Moved the opposite way to Shaun

Moved the same way as Shaun

Shaun at a glance

What stands out in Shaun's record

Shaun across 5 official records

Shaun by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Shaun appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Shaun

Shaun and the names beside it

Shaun moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shaun

Moved the opposite way to Shaun

Moved the same way as Shaun