first name
SHON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,802 people named Shon, 54.4% reported their origin as White, 29.4% as Black and 6% as two or more races. 90% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Shon peaked in 1971, when 329 babies got the name.
At least 5,530 babies have been given the name since 1950. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Shon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,239. The largest share of babies named Shon, 56.6%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Shon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shon has been most common in Utah (3.5×), California (2.4×), and Missouri (1.8×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.48×).
2,502 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Shon ranks #26,469 of 156,621, with 971 people. See Shon as a last name
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