Shawn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Shawn: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #290 in 1999, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#290highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#406
1997	#447
1998	#470
1999	#454
2000	#554
2001	#559
2002	#534
2003	#546
2004	#549
2005	#691
2006	#644
2007	#580
2008	#757
2009	#724
2010	#1109
2011	#976
2012	#1430
2013	#1294
2014	#1178
2015	#1380
2016	#1498
2017	#1470
2018	#1683
2019	#1587
2020	#1548
2021	#1250
2022	#1879
2023	#1309
2024	#2921

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #2921 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #406 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2012
Highest recorded position: #290 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2012).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shawn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 857 births with the name.

Shawn across 2 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.

Shawn'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
England and Wales · Boys	#406 (1996)	#406 (1996)	#2921 (2024)	29 of 29	857 (1996–2024)	52 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#295 (1996)	#290 (1999)	#500 (2012)	12 of 17	51 (1996–2012)	6 (2012)

Shawn by decade in England and Wales · 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 Shawn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	184	4 of 10	46
2000sbusiest	407	10 of 10	41
2010s	191	10 of 10	19
2020s	75	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 41 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shawn 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #290 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Shawn'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1250	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1294	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#724	41	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#757	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#580	52	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#644	43	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#691	37	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#549	47	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#546	42	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#534	39	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#559	34	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#554	34	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#454	47	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#470	42	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#447	44	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#406	51	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #290, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 52 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 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.

Shaurya · #577, 21y
Shaw · #727, 11y
Shawna · #689, 18y
Shay · #39, 39y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Nolan · #290, 27y
Arvin · #291, 30y
Sumaya · #291, 30y
Anais · #292, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brion · #290, 14y
Cairan · #290, 16y
Coral · #290, 30y
Nolan · #290, 27y

Shawn was ranked #290 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1999. 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.

Shawn 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 Shawn without appearing here.

Shawn moved ahead of

Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #2160.
Grant Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1683 and #1683 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1587 and #1869.
Jakob Compare
In 2011 they stood at #730 and #540 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #500 and #718.
Kenneth Compare
In 2011 they stood at #730 and #387 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #500 and #718.

Moved ahead of Shawn

Derek Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1407 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1108.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1132.
Murray Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1282.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1363 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1322.

Moved the opposite way to Shawn

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shawn went from #406 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shawn went from #406 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shawn went from #406 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shawn went from #406 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Shawn

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shawn went from #406 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shawn went from #406 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shawn went from #406 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shawn went from #406 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #290 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shawn

Shawn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shawn across 2 official records

Shawn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shawn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Shawn at a glance

Shawn across 2 official records

Shawn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shawn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shawn

Shawn and the names beside it

Shawn moved ahead of

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