Shaun

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: Hebrew — Variant of Sean, the Irish form of John

Boy's name · #1956 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Shaun reached its best rank, #52, in 1978 and ranked #1956 in 2025. Roughly 70,000 boys have been named Shaun since 1935.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#400 in Scotland (2025) · #577 in Ireland (2025) · #1,311 in Canada (2025) · #1,359 in England & Wales (2025) · #6,170 in France (2025) · #6,679 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,367 in Belgium (2023) · #23,390 in Italy (2022) · #3,336 in Austria (2020) · #318 in N. Ireland (2017) · #450 in New Zealand (2017) · #1,933 in Sweden (2012) and 2 more.

Famous Shauns

Shaun Wright-Phillips — English footballer (born 1981)
Shaun Murphy — English snooker player (born 1982)
Shaun Maloney — Scottish professional footballer (born 1983)
Shaun White — American snowboarder and skateboarder (born 1986)
Shaun Toub — American actor (born 1958)

In stories & tradition

Shaun Murphy — Fictional character from The Good Doctor
Shaun — Shaun the Sheep character
Shaun Campbell^pt — On Her Majesty's Secret Service (book)

What Shauns become

Among 694 notable people named Shaun:

Sports figures appear 2.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer (born 1981).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Sean (#489) and Shawn (#682), Shaun would rank around #312 with about 1,100 births last year — the newborns split about 57/36/7 across Sean, Shawn, and Shaun.

Similar names: Bryant · Saul · Mathew · Shane · Shawn · Glenn

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