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Shon

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6% girls / 94% boys

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Short-lived name

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Shon peaked in 1971, when 1 baby in 11,403 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 96% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 8239. 40% of all babies named Shon since 1880 were born in the 1970s.
5,172births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 469rank at its peak, in 1971

Where babies named Shon are born

1971

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The darker the blue, the more common Shon is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Shon is most common in California (2 times) and Texas (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1950s24%76%
1960s15%85%
1970s6%94%
1980s2%98%
1990s2%98%
2000s0%100%
2010s0%100%
2020s0%100%